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Tweety · 01-03-2010, 07:13 AM

Nothing is over 100% efficient... Not happening unless you bend a few of the laws of physics...

However you look at it there will still be mechanical losses in the bearings of the axle, there will also be small electrical losses unless they built the whole thing with superconductors, which I find highly unlikely...

That's not to say however it can't be very, very efficient in electrical terms with low back EMF... But to claim over 100% means you are either a moron or expext your audience and buyers are... (And I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about them...) I don't buy their claim of "producing" energy in the motor... If it where that simple we would all be using EV's long ago...

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Tweety Out of my mind, back in 5 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Malmoe, SWEDEN Posts: 124 Thanks: 1 Thanked 7 Times in 6 Posts	Nothing is over 100% efficient... Not happening unless you bend a few of the laws of physics... However you look at it there will still be mechanical losses in the bearings of the axle, there will also be small electrical losses unless they built the whole thing with superconductors, which I find highly unlikely... That's not to say however it can't be very, very efficient in electrical terms with low back EMF... But to claim over 100% means you are either a moron or expext your audience and buyers are... (And I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about them...) I don't buy their claim of "producing" energy in the motor... If it where that simple we would all be using EV's long ago... Last edited by Tweety; 01-03-2010 at 07:23 AM..