Posted by Sarah on Sunday, January 2, 2011 at 12:56am.
This energy is lost to friction when the brakes are slowing the vehicle. In normal cars, this energy is eventually converted to thermal energy. However, in hybrid vehicles, when the car is coasting (no gas) the axis is connected to the battery, slowing the car and recharging the battery.
When a driver applies brakes to keep a car going downhill at constant speed and constant kinetic energy, the potential energy of the car decreases. where does this energy go ? where does most of it appear in a hybrid vehicle ?
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