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Originally Posted by whitewiz
I agree because:
Current gasoline/electric Hybrid technology is using a lot of expensive and heavy components to create an Energy Return System. The only advantage this system has it that it collects SOME of the braking energy and uses it to accelerate the car.
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The energy return from regenerative braking is quite small. Something like ~10% or less IIRC. The most advantageous part of the system is
less brake wear, which translates into
fewer brake jobs and
all that.