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New Concept Tire Could Recharge Car Battery

Posted by timothy on from the perpetual-motion-machine dept.

randomErr writes Goodyear Tire showed off its new BH03 tire that can partially recharge your electric car while driving. At the 2015 Geneva International Motor Show a new concept tire was displayed that uses heat generated while driving and converts the thermal energy to electrical power. The triple inner tube design changes pressure to maximize electrical output while adjusting to the road conditions.

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  1. This guy has a better idea by mspohr · · Score: 4, Interesting

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
    This Russian fellow ran short of battery reserve to reach home so he hooked his Tesla up to a truck. Besides getting a tow towards his destination, you can see that the car is charging the battery at 60 kW rate!
    In Russia, car charges you!

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  2. Re:Just recycle the energy! by KiloByte · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Unless your destination is higher than the place you started, every single bit of energy used for driving is waste. So you can get arbitrarily close to zero expenditure.

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