Volvo has been experimenting with flywheel propulsion systems since the eighties, but only recently has technology caught up with the possibility of real-world applications. In 2011, the Swedish ...

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Although true flywheel-based kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS) never quite caught on in racing or in production hybrids, a company in Israel has been working on putting the technology to use ...

Volvo Car Group says it has been conducting extensive tests on flywheel-based KERS ( (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) technology that can yield fuel consumption savings of up to 25%. The company is ...

Back in March 2005, I admitted being no fan of organized motorsports. The context was a report from the SAE Motorsports Engineering Conference and Exhibition on a move to add energy efficiency as a ...

Translogic Episode 7.3 takes a looks at the groundbreaking Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid, a seriously fast race car that’s leveraging green tech for speed. Through its Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) ...

While the majority of the Formula One teams proposed a gentleman's agreement regarding the usage of the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) for the upcoming season of F1 – something that all the ...

As most of you already know by now, Formula One will once again reunite with the innovatory Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) technology starting the 2011 season. However, as compared to the 2009 ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio’s latest market research report on the global automotive flywheel market provides an analysis on the most important trends expected to impact the market outlook from ...

A groundbreaking mechanical kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) currently under development for Formula 1 by three British companies - Flybrid, Torotrak and Xtrac - has been voted ‘Engine Innovation ...