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Wellstone ruled

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2. UPS nd Coca Cola have been

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Dec 11, 2014, 05:25 PM

Dec 2014

testing this technology in the Twin Cities for about four or five years. Had the chance to drive a Freightliner Coke Route Truck with this energy recover system during the Minnesota State Fair. Talk about a different drive,just the buzz of the motor and normal body noise of a truck. Way cool,just like a Prius. Nice to have a rellie working the display that evening.

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What If The Road Could Harvest Energy Every Time You Used Your Brakes? [View all] Judi Lynn Dec 2014 OP

My Priuses already do that. Don't reduce my car's efficiency by increasing the drag. postulater Dec 2014 #1

Exactly. I saw this idea suggested decades ago, and it never went anywhere. eppur_se_muova Dec 2014 #3

UPS nd Coca Cola have been Wellstone ruled Dec 2014 #2