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Daox · 06-14-2014, 01:17 PM

Not to get off topic, but doesn't KERS store energy in a flywheel? Looking at the diagrams, ERS looks more like a battery... I wasn't aware of any batteries that could handle that extreme charge/discharge rate. Is it a battery, or still a flywheel?

06-14-2014, 01:17 PM	#66 (permalink)
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