Recovered Energy And Ultracapacitors Could Cut Big-Rig Fuel Use

The regenerative systems that help today’s hybrid Formula One cars get a charge are known as Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems, or KERS. As the name implies, they recover energy that’s then used to provide short bursts of electric power to augment the output of their internal-combustion engines. Now, a French-based startup is re-purposing the… …read more