Car powered Tills

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Jayenkai	Created : 15 June 2009 Car powered Tills https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1193070/Shoppers-cars-soon-able-power-supermarkets.html
A car park at Sainsbury's, Gloucester, has been fitting with a series of metal panels. As the cars roll over them, the spin the generator which powers the tills. Cool stuff.. It's the future!!! .. sigh I miss Tomorrow's World.

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Monday, 15 June 2009, 13:35
spinal	Road lighting.... that's a good idea.... have a car generate the electricity to power the next few sets of lamp posts on the road, so you can only see if your moving, sure would make a nice satellite video.
Thursday, 18 June 2009, 18:49
mindstorm8191	I don't know, if you really think about the energy involved, you will be slowing the car down every time it passes over the panels. Its like pushing your car through mud, verses a perfectly flat surface. This results in more gas needed to keep the car going. Nice idea but not for cars. Maybe for braking zones??
Friday, 19 June 2009, 08:57
steve_ancell	Or down hill. The road already has friction that saps energy, so what spinal suggested could still be viable.

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