SOUTHFIELD, MI – While Formula 1 teams gear up to integrate flywheel-based, mechanical-hybrid systems into their racecars for next year’s season, the efficiency and simplicity of the energy-recovery technology is spurring interest in possible road-car applications.
Pioneered by U.K.-based Torotrak plc and developed as the kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) with transmission specialist Xtrac Ltd. and engineering firm Flybrid Systems LLP, KERS technology will be introduced on ...
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