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September 10, 2009

Whopper Of An Idea Tested At BK

Burtonsville, Maryland [RenewableEnergyWorld.com]

Renewable energy technology developer New Energy Technologies, Inc. have conducted the first-ever durability field-tests of the company's prototype MotionPower technology for generating electricity from the motion of cars and light trucks.

"The early data we've acquired from these Phase 1 tests of our first prototype for cars and light trucks validates our engineering approach, materials selection strategy, and product deployment plans – all very important factors in developing a commercially successful first-of-its kind technology for generating clean electricity from the motion of vehicles."

-- Meetesh Patel, President and CEO, New Energy Technologies

Designed to be installed in locations where vehicles decelerate or stop, thus ensuring that vehicles are not ‘robbed’ of energy they would otherwise use to accelerate,  the devices apparently assist vehicles in slowing down, and in the process of doing so, capture some of the vehicles’ kinetic energy.

“The early data we’ve acquired from these Phase 1 tests of our first prototype for cars and light trucks validates our engineering approach, materials selection strategy, and product deployment plans – all very important factors in developing a commercially successful first-of-its kind technology for generating clean electricity from the motion of vehicles," said Meetesh Patel president and CEO of New Energy Technologies.

Durability testing was conducted at a Burger King franchise restaurant in the New York Metro area in Hillside, New Jersey.

“It would be great to generate clean electricity by mechanically capturing the kinetic energy of the 100,000-plus cars that drive through our Hillside store alone each year,” said entrepreneur and Burger King franchise owner, Drew Paterno.

In addition the company is undertaking additional durability testing of the system in the upcoming weeks at the Four Seasons Washington, DC and at the Holiday Inn Express in Baltimore.

Reader Comments (4)
 
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September 10, 2009
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September 11, 2009
so cars that have an electric breaking system are going to loose out on there own energy recycling when they break with this mechanical system, i think most cars of the future when they slow down will probably use the energy to re- fill there batteries so going over this energy absorbing road will decrease the efficiency of these vehicles and actually the energy is being "swiped" by the road.... interesting idea
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September 11, 2009
I'm so amused by negative people like ben-ruck. Never look at the positive, but always mention the negative.

Everything has positives and negatives, everything. Try things out, and find out for sure which one outweighs the other, but try it out learn.

http://www.selfpoweredelectricvehicles.com/
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Anonymous
September 11, 2009
As ben-ruck points out, this will definitely be stealing energy (gas) from any hybrid or EV (stealing kWh) and, since there really is no place in a fast food parking lot that you can expect all cars to be slowing down (most cars in most parking lots are cruising at a fairly slow rate), then it's also likely that this will be stealing some energy from most anyone visiting the store.

True, as Anonymous says, everything has its positives. In this case, it's another way BK has of making money from their customers.
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