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Old 09-27-2012, 04:09 PM   #163 (permalink)
bennelson
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Store energy without batteries?
Hydraulic accumulators.
Nope, not that, although those are pretty cool. That's what UPS has been using in their hybrid delivery trucks. The regen brakes are those trucks are supposed to be fantastic because of it.
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