Goodyear is developing a KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) tyre for cars and motorcycles. The concept is simple - take the heat generated by the tyre as it is rolling down the road and convert it to energy. They have also figured out a way to capture the energy when a tyre deforms under load. The tyre company has mixed piezoelectric material into the compound and they also … [Read more...]
Flywheels
One topic that I discussed on my earlier blog was the concept of using the flywheel of an engine to be more efficient. Well, as you would imagine, things have moved on quite a bit in the past 3 or 4 years. When I first wrote about this topic, KERS was not yet in Formula 1 and the technology had just had another breakthrough in design and efficiency. Firstly let's revisit the … [Read more...]
