Dang, I was going to include this in the roundup and I didn't. Got sidetracked with getting all sarcastic about the Heritage Foundation and The Grapes of Wrath.
Anyway, a reader sent me a link to some educational videos from the National Science Foundation, including this one about a really cool idea called the CityCar. Check this thing out:
I've always liked the idea of motors in the wheels; it seems to me that when you're braking, they should be able to recapture some energy by acting as generators (you'll remember that a generator and a motor are one in the same). There are seven videos in all in what seems to be an ongoing project. Go check them out.
Anyway, a reader sent me a link to some educational videos from the National Science Foundation, including this one about a really cool idea called the CityCar. Check this thing out:
I've always liked the idea of motors in the wheels; it seems to me that when you're braking, they should be able to recapture some energy by acting as generators (you'll remember that a generator and a motor are one in the same). There are seven videos in all in what seems to be an ongoing project. Go check them out.
