I can see this guy pulling into a car repair place and asking them check the right rear tire because “my power is a little low”. 😎
ferdberple
August 30, 2024 12:42 pm
Add 1 to each wheel and charge 4x as fast.
And drive faster. Hyper charge the batteries.
bobpjones
August 30, 2024 1:54 pm
When I was a kid of around 15, I had an idea, for generating power in a spaceship. I thought of having a long spindle with three rocket motors attached on arms forming a circle (bit like a Catherine wheel). Fire them up, turn off the fuel, and because there was no air resistance, they would carry on spinning.
This is as much a fantasy as what generates energy from nothing : GHGs.
JohninRedding
August 30, 2024 2:07 pm
It is no different than an alternator. It still takes a certain amount of energy to operate that motor in addition to the energy to rotate the tire. It does better when going downhill just like any vehicle. Not sure it will develop enough energy to be worth the effort. It certainly isn’t perpetual motion.
DMA
August 30, 2024 2:26 pm
I think this is dangerous. If you don’t stop once in a while the battery will get so full of electricity it will explode.
dbeyat45
August 30, 2024 3:29 pm
Hoax? Would need some serious re-wiring (I think).
ntesdorf
August 30, 2024 4:09 pm
The next logical step will be the all-electric perpetual motion machine.
Sadly this is serious. Many people dpont understand basic physics.
John XB
August 31, 2024 6:03 am
BEVs and hybrids have energy recovery mechanisms – regenerative braking – that converts kinetic energy into electrical current to recharge the batteries.
That’s not what appears to be the case in the photo.
I can see this guy pulling into a car repair place and asking them check the right rear tire because “my power is a little low”. 😎
Add 1 to each wheel and charge 4x as fast.
And drive faster. Hyper charge the batteries.
When I was a kid of around 15, I had an idea, for generating power in a spaceship. I thought of having a long spindle with three rocket motors attached on arms forming a circle (bit like a Catherine wheel). Fire them up, turn off the fuel, and because there was no air resistance, they would carry on spinning.
Five years later, I learned about back emfs.
This is as much a fantasy as what generates energy from nothing : GHGs.
It is no different than an alternator. It still takes a certain amount of energy to operate that motor in addition to the energy to rotate the tire. It does better when going downhill just like any vehicle. Not sure it will develop enough energy to be worth the effort. It certainly isn’t perpetual motion.
I think this is dangerous. If you don’t stop once in a while the battery will get so full of electricity it will explode.
Hoax? Would need some serious re-wiring (I think).
The next logical step will be the all-electric perpetual motion machine.
Serious.
Sadly this is serious. Many people dpont understand basic physics.
BEVs and hybrids have energy recovery mechanisms – regenerative braking – that converts kinetic energy into electrical current to recharge the batteries.
That’s not what appears to be the case in the photo.