KERS in roadcars

[Callum]

I was just wondering if there are any plans from road car manufacturers to use any kind of KERS. The only car I know of that re-uses wasted braking energy would be the Toyota Prius.

[ISLAMATRON]

Merc already has a couple

[modbaraban]

BMW I think have some system as well, Ferrari are developping one too.

[Shaddock]

It recharges the battery in Audi's

[King Six]

I was interested in the flywheel concept of doing KERS. Put simply using the braking forces to spin up a flywheel at ridiculously high RPM's and then tapping into that rotational energy when you needed a boost. Not sure how it worked, basically the flywheel was just the storage method instead of a battery or super-capacitor.

It throws up loads of interesting questions about gyroscopic forces...

I didn't even know Williams were going down a route of doing KERS like that. It's an interesting concept. Maybe that's why they really don't want it to go away for 2010, they've been developing this for next season and have found it to be useful compared to regular KERS.

I really do hope KERS comes back for next season, gives alot of talking points and is food for thought.