RE: [now non-roc]Re: Radiator Fan Question

["Brad Sterling" <bgsterling@earthlink.net>]

<Ryan said>
How can a motor consume energy and also
produce it at the same time?
<end Ryan>

I'm not a pro and I don't work on this stuff, but I think I know this.  The
Toyota that is using regenerative braking to charge the batteries is a
hybrid, not an electric car.  So the same motor is not consuming and
producing energy.  The small gas engine is consuming the energy, the
batteries of the electric motor are receiving a charge from the work the gas
engine is doing.

-Brad
'86.5 Scirocco 16V
'76 International Scout II
'86 Yamaha Radian (RIP)
'89 Yamaha FZR600



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