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BMW Sauber F1 Team At Work on Electric KERS System; Technology Accelerator for Production Cars

Posted on July 15, 2008

The BMW Sauber F1 Team is developing an electric KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) brake energy regeneration and storage system for use in its F1.09 next year. Starting with the next season, Formula One regulations allow for the use of hybrid technology to increase the output and efficiency of the race cars. (Earlier post.)The BMW Sauber F1.09 KERS system a combination of electric motor and generator, the requisite power electronics and an energy storage module will store enough energy under braking to provide an additional 60 kW of output over around 6.5 seconds of acceleration, and w...

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