Hybrid cars, recharging the batteries

Created February 3, 2006, at 8:17 pm by Anonymous

Mr. Bradley Berman, editor of hybridcars.com, wrote:
http://biz.yahoo.com/weekend/hybridmyth_1.html

Actually, the batteries are charged most of the time by the electric motor, powered by the gas engine and functioning as a generator.
Only about 30% of the braking energy is regenerated. The rest is wasted as heat. Regenerating the braking energy accounts for perhaps 10% of the total used to recharge the batteries, unless one is driving downhill and braking most the time.

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