"Franc Zabkar" wrote in message
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On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 08:48:26 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
put finger to keyboard and composed:

In article ,
Franc Zabkar wrote:
The best you can achieve in a car is to use the car's own kinetic
energy to partially recharge its batteries when the car is coasting,

No point in that unless you're stopping.

... or engine braking during a downhill run.



It's certainly possible, though in a car the energy you recover is probably
less than what you'd expend hauling around all the extra weight.