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Suspension Efficiencies
Here's how an ideal suspension could work:
Hydraulic springs and dampening to gain regenerative electrical power, and get ride height and leveling all in the same system.
Ride leveling is important especially in a low aerodynamic drag car -- if the "angle of attack" is wrong then much of the low drag benefits are lost. Ride leveling is also important for aspects of drag, and stability. Citroën has these features in many of their cars.
The Citroën 2CV also has a feature that could be a useful example: it uses a centralized dampener for both the front and rear suspension. If this was combined with a hydraulic *spring* system that also does the dampening, then much more energy could be regained, maybe?
So, how could this work? How much energy could be regained do you think?
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