Many of us think of weight as the enemy, whether it’s our beltline or our Jeeps. Weight places additional stress on all kinds of Jeep parts from the suspension to the drivetrain, makes it more ...
Lock up your flywheels, folks, an American inventor is coming after them. Randy Moore of RK Transportation is working on an idea that replaces an engine's flywheel with a lightweight rotor with ...
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As has been said time and time again, weight and horsepower are interchangeable. Save 50 pounds, and it's like adding quite a few extra ponies. The burden of mass becomes even more of an issue when ...
• Next-generation flywheels will be capable of megawatt-level energy storage. • Beacon Power’s hubless flywheel will require a breakthrough in magnet design. The ability to store electricity for later ...
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The buses were powered by a rear-mounted electric motor making about 70HP, and that motor was fed by a generator spun by a one-and-a-half ton, 5-foot diameter flywheel rotating at about 3000 rpm. The ...