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11-19-2009, 08:48 AM
Customizing electric cars for cost-effective urban commuting carnegie mellon university, design conversion, electrochemical capacitors, robotics institute, scion xb (http://trak.in/news/customizing-electric-cars-for-cost-effective-urban-commuting/24451/)


“Based on a driver’s route and habits, the smart power management system will decide whether to draw power for the electric motors from the batteries or the supercapacitor and decide where to store electricity produced by the regenerative braking system as the car slows down or goes down a hill,” he added

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