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Originally Posted by pugmanic
Very good point. I've also wondered why trailers don't include some form of hybrid system... If you think about the amount of energy it takes to stop a 40 tonne truck, it must make sence to find some way of storing it.
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That would make sense. But probably only for local delivery trucks. Long haul semi's don't stop very often. UPS is testing a couple of trucks with a new
hydraulic hybrid technology. Sounds like the way to go on something that size. A motor/battery pack big enough to move one of those would cost a fortune.