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Old 07-14-2010, 08:57 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Neil, Edison2 doesn't seem to think so:

"Other conclusions that can be drawn are that there is less energy available to regenerate in a light car because less has been spent accelerating it, and that as weight shrinks the benefit of regenerative braking becomes vanishingly small."

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