A shock to fuel economy
DEC 08, 2009
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.023907
NPR : Three former MIT students who formed their own company called Levant Power have developed a shock absorber for cars that takes the energy generated from bumps in the road and sends it to the drive train.The prototype, called GenShock , along with computer simulations developed at the company, indicate that a heavy vehicle can save about 3% in fuel costs using the GenShock system.
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