OK - they are trying to capture heat and turn it into electricity - that would be a Peltier chip. You could also capture the flexing of the tire as it rolls and becomes flat at the bottom with a piezo-electric chip to generate electricity, or do both! Of course, there will be losses getting the power out of the rotating tire . . .
On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > <snip> > The company announced the "BHO3" tire at the Geneva auto show and said the > tire "offers the possibility" of helping recharge batteries of electric > cars by converting heat from the rolling tire into electric energy. > > -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.