MotionPower movie

regenerative power system takes energy from cars as they drive over

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• treehugger
• cars

[2late2care]

how do i reverse over these?

[TimTrimT]

What i resent is that NOWHERE can I find any data on how much power each row creates. It makes perfect sense to install these in locations where people are already needing to slow down (though I should hope they refine the design so it's not so noisy looking!) but if they only make enough juice from each car that drives over to power a pocket calculator, then who cares? We need data.

[ChesterDoraemon]

PUMP & DUMP....  I laughed when I heard this was NENE's product.

[EarendilTheBlessed]

No matter how you look at it, they are taking energy from one source(ie their customers) and using it for themselves. The energy may be small on a car by car basis but overall they are increasing one carbon footprint to reduce their own! Also as some energy will obviously be lost in the transfer it is not an efficient way of doing it either. It is like taking 1p from many people to make a lot of money although in the process some money is lost so the thief makes less than the population looses.

[Knowlin]

It wont slow down the car at all and if you think that you're dumb. The energy is coming from the weight of the car not the engine.

[TornTech]

I think they realise it. But since the energy is already used in the veichle, we can go ahead and make a bit of energy too while its driving. So instead of looking at it like your making energy, look at it as using less energy

[cyphear02]

Power can't come from nowhere. The power is coming from the car (it's slowing it down a little). The driver will have to press the gas a little harder (unless they are stopping anyway). It will consume more energy than it produces.

[ellehcim8888]

What happens when somebody drives the wrong direction on them?