That's nothing new... people have been rolling rocks (read cargo) down hills for years... the problem is getting the rocks back up.
So while the loaded vehicle may have a net gain in electricity, it is a little false to say that, since you're not taking into consideration the energy of the cargo. I'll bet that the unloaded vehicle going down the hill does not produce more electricity than it consumes going up the hill. Rush Dougherty Tucson AZ 85719 > -----Original Message----- > From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cor van de Water via EV > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 5:36 PM > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Subject: Re: [EVDL] article:The world's largest electric vehicle travels soon in Switzerland > > Funny that the vehicle is a net generator of electricity because it transports heavy loads > downhill, so the regen braking produces more power than it takes to move the empty truck > back up. > > Cor van de Water > Chief Scientist > Proxim Wireless > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
