On Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:06:43 -0500 Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> wrote:
> > Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > > > Called the Hybrid Air, the car uses what Peugeot calls "hybrid air > > technology." Energy from braking is used to compress nitrogen gas in a > > tank, which is then used to briefly power the car on acceleration > > before the gasoline motor takes over. > > > > So, there's a small tank of high pressure N2, and a bigger tank of low > pressure N2, under braking it's compressed into the small tank, and > acceleration lets it back into the big tank? That's what it sounds like, with their specifically mentioning nitrogen. If they used air, they could ditch the bigger, low pressure tank, though that might be noiser and would have problems filtering dust out of the air. Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
