Mazda makes a car available in Australia that has regenerative braking but uses capacitors for storage rather than expensive batteries. The car is not a hybrid, just has regenerative braking, the best feature of hybrid cars IMHO.
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Originally Posted by stephen wilson
I agree that regenerative braking is the real "something for nothing" solution. Of course it still requires the batteries for energy storage.
Perfect, I agree, most people don't care much how a car drives. Even my wife, who does care, bought a A5 with what I consider a completely inadequate test drive "around the block".
Chris, "normal folks" with a large disposable income. No one I know can afford a car starting at $60k to "save" money on gas. People aren't buying them because they can't afford gas!
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