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Formula One Going Hybrid with Flywheels

Posted on April 27, 2008

Formula One, like so many cutting-edge consumers, has announced that it is going hybrid. Unlike those consumers, however, Formula One will be using the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS), a fundamentally different piece of technology from what currently available hybrids rely on for assistance.KERS is a 55-pound hybrid addition (light by hybrid standards, but heavy by Formula One standards) that stores kinetic energy in a flywheel in the vehicle's transmission. This kinetic energy can then be used at the push of a boost button on the steering wheel. Instead of using batteries and elec...

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