Why is it that engineers can't simply bolt on the required magnets to the wheels of a car to generate an alternating current as they spin? Why are we being told that it can only be generated when the car brakes. There must be a way to hook a car to a battery in such a way that once it has started rolling it can generate all the required energy using step-up transformers and gears or some such invention. Kind of like a bike's dynamo but in big. Store the surplus when it exists for when the car needs it. If mobile phone batteries have come so far along,we must be close.
Size might be the problem, but perhaps someone could put down some numbers for me. Average car with a family of 4, driving at regular speed limits, etc.
(Apologies to the community, my scientific mind just went off to order a cup of coffee or something stronger and left me with my question in my mouth and I've got my generator in a twist. I'm sure someone will kindly settle the workings of an AC/DC generator below
2007-02-16
07:08:47
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NotsoaNonymous
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