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Drivers Generate Electricity With Speed Bumps

November 8, 2011 /

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Motorists in Roanoke, Virginia, got the chance to test a novel kinetic energy recovery device just by driving over a speed bump.

As part of a real-world test of its MotionPower Express system, New Energy Technology installed an energy-recovering speed bump at the entrance to the busy Roanoke Civic Center during the weekend Roanoke hosted a gun show and circus. As cars crossed the speed bump, their tires depressed treadles that captured kinetic energy, which was converted into electricity.

By Keith Barry

Full Story: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/11/drivers-generate-electricity-by-going-over-speed-bumps/

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