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Old 06-18-2014, 12:54 PM   #62 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Daox View Post
Putting them in parallel with a small lead acid battery might be a nice combo though.
Yes, and that's kinda what the guy who started this thread ended up doing, IIRC, eventually. Another thought is that some of the new Mazda's use capacitors for brake regen, I think because they can absorb the power generated more efficiently, more quickly, more completely, than batteries. So a combo lead acid and capacitor set up might also do a better job of storing DFCO energy too, no?
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