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xkcd #3244: Pullback Drive
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Title text:
"How does the spring not run out almost immediately?" "We pull it back REALLY far."
Transcript:
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3244/
I can't remember which car but an early hybrid vehicle did charge up a flywheel instead of an electric battery…
I heard about a version that used springs as well. Basically a pull-back car: When you break, it puts tension on the springs, then it releases that tension when accelerating. Apparently it was very good for city-driving, since you get an absurd number of cycles with very small "charges", which makes it very good when you do a lot of start/stop driving in slow traffic. I'm not sure why I haven't heard any more about it in more recent years.
*brake*
Idk about you, but I usually build tension when I break.
Maybe its some sort of human degradation fuel system, as you break down it powers the car?
i think it was a bus, and it was used in hills to get extra energy while going down and using ot while going up.
I heard about racing car having spinning wheels too, instead of br~~e~~aking before turns, accumulating energy into them, then after the turn, releasing them for huge acceleration
*braking*
If its a race car it does both
Thanks for the fix ;)