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Old 03-09-2024, 02:14 PM   #12
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Re: EV and portable gens go together

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Originally Posted by Keith Seymore View Post
It violates the law of conservation of energy and mass.

You can't get back more than you put in.

You can, however, redeem the situation a bit through regenerative braking. Energy gathered during vehicle braking or engine braking can be put back into the battery pack.

K
I'm no engineer. I thought there could be like a dual system with an isolator and gearing off the wheel to spin the generator faster than the wheel
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