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General Category => Electric Motorcycle News => Topic started by: skadamo on February 10, 2009, 09:42:54 AM

Title: KTM Regenerative Braking
Post by: skadamo on February 10, 2009, 09:42:54 AM

http://www.fasterandfaster.net/2009/02/ktm-out-first-with-kers.html

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Under hard braking, KERS charges some condensers/capacitors, which then release the energy during full-throttle application. For now, the system only provides an additional 3bhp, but could soon be providing more with additional development. We hope it soon starts providing an additional 10-15bhp, so KTM can fit KERS on the 2010 RC8 R…

I assume this is the same idea as regenerative braking?  The capacitors must drive an electric motor of some sort.

Title: Re: KTM Regenerative Braking
Post by: skadamo on February 10, 2009, 09:51:55 AM

Found some good KERS articles here...

http://www.autobloggreen.com/tag/kers

Sounds like KERS can be accomplished with a flywheel too.