I see what they are doing and understand it a bit too. What they are trying to accomplish is to capture energy this is not being utilized while slowing, via the braking system. However, a car is only braking a small portion of the time while it is being driven. Hence, it only can recharge the system on a limited basis. It still does not answer the concept or belief that is in my head. What I am thinking is an additional set of electrical generators, one on each wheel that operation simple by the forward motion of the car,,, much like the bicycle light system I already mentioned. Or, a system that is attached to each wheel that is magnetic and does not cause any friction,,, also much like the magneto on a lawn mower. But rather than the power to be used to create spark to ignite fuels, it is stored into the battery system of the car. Now, here is the part I am very unfamiliar with,,, can a battery be charging and discharging at the same time? Is that a possibility? I do not know..like I said, I am definitely NO electrical engineer.

I am by no means knowledgeable about electrical stuff, and I definitely do not know the laws of physics when it comes to it either. However, what you are saying is not what I am asking. If I get your answer at all, it says that regaining energy being lost at the wheel using a capture method is not possible. That is not what I am thinking. I want to ADD an additional power generation system using the vehicles own forward motion to generate at least a high percentage of the power being used at the wheel. 2 separate systems totally. If you need more power generated, then add more generators. No, I am not thinking about if you put a fan in front of a fan, that is stupid. Forward motion of the cars in itself is the power source needed to operate the generators. Will it add all of the lost/used energy the car needs to operate,,,,probably not, but at least it would augment the huge gap between charge times and run times.

Are you saying that a magneto type system placed on the wheels would create a "drag" on the motion of the car already going forward? Isn't a magneto driven system a "zero" friction system? Maybe I am naïve or uneducated about this type of science, that is certainly possible. I would think it not create a drag on the car at all. Maybe another type of generation system would not create such a load. I do not know.

Like I have already said, I might be naive or uneducated about such technology. The last science class that dealt with this type of stuff I took was way back in the 6th grade. That was almost 50 years ago. Technology has evolved a lot since then. And to be perfectly honest, working with electricity scares the living bajessus out of me. My thoughts tho are that "science" is always changing and what used to be believed as "impossible" is somehow now not only possible, but the new "normal".

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Carry On About High Gas Prices.

JD,,,why did you delete all my questions/posts about electric cars and the braking system, but you left all the responses by GentlemanBronco? Those were legitimate questions about how things worked, and are most definitely related to the topic in question (gas prices). Kinda confused here buddy.

Of course it's related to the topic. JD just doesn't understand EVs, and anything he doesn't understand makes him uncomfortable. Physics and electro-magnetism is a bit over his pay scale.

@Phill will be checking in later today.

Can you say "Ban Hammer"?

"Later today" has come and gone and I'm still here. What? You're no longer on Phil's good side? Maybe next time I'm servicing him, I'll try swallowing

In the meantime, school yourself in EVs and stop pretending you know things you don't. It's getting old. The way you operate is getting old. If Phil has any sense of dignity, he'll fire my sorry a$$ and bring this board back to some sense of integrity.