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Originally Posted by bestclimb
This would not be regenerating anything. Some aero friction replaces brake friction. Aerodynamic braking is really only needed if you need more braking than traction allows.
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Lets take your analysis a little further:
.....Some aero friction replaces brake friction, the aero friction results in more cooling through the radiator, upon acceleration with grille fully closed results in lower aero drag, lower aerodrag results in lower fuel consumption.
So we have kinetic energy converted into a temperature differential which can be used to delay the use of further energy to cool the engine for a short period of time.
Isn't that a form of regenerative braking?
Does it have to be converted to electricity, compressed air, spinning flywheel, hydrogen to be defined as regenerative?