hydraulic flywheel system

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Green Car Congress: Artemis, Ricardo and Bombardier collaborating on rail brake energy recovery project; Digital Displacement hydraulic pump-motor and flywheel energy storage

Been talking about this for years. Most anything beats a giant electric stove on the roof to dissipate the heat.

regards
Mech

[Air-Hybrid]

Very nice! Though well overdue as you've pointed out.

1 Question: What has the system got to do with flywheels?

[dws123]

The companies which are making cars are using hydraulic systems nowadays.The hydraulic pumps are used to make the cars the flywheels are also made of the hydraulic systems so that the car run faster on the road.

[dws123]

By using Hydraulic system cars can bear more load. Hydraulic pumps are used in hydraulic drive systems and can be hydrostatic or hydrodynamic

[darcane]

What's old is new again.

Ford has had a series of Hydraulic Hybrid prototypes, the earliest I remember is this one from 2002:
2002 Ford F-350 Tonka Concept Images, Information and History | Conceptcarz.com

UPS has hydraulic hybrid delivery trucks that got ~50% better economy:
UPS to Roll Out Hydraulic Hybrids | Autopia | Wired.com