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Non-Tech : Alternative energy
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To: Road Walker who wrote (4343)2/25/2008 9:15:36 PM
From: A.J. Mullen  Read Replies (1) of 16955
 
There are times you want to slow the car. Most cars do that using brakes: the energy of motion is converted into heat by the friction of the brakes. Hybrids can do that, but they also use the wheels to spin the motor, rather than vice versa, and that generates electricity. If electricity wasn't being generated the engine would be less effective as a brake.

When you stopping your car you need to get rid of energy that exists by virtue of its motion. The conventional car dissipates that as heat. A hybrid converts some into electricity which is stored for later.

I hope that helps.

Ashley
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