Well, not like that picture. But I have wondered why electric battery-powered vehicles can't be charged by wind that turns something like fans inside the car while the car is being driven. Wind could enter from every side of a vehicle. Also, I remember when the Prius was a new phenom and the battery was charged a little every time the brake was applied. It just seems that electric cars should be able to be self charging since they move.
This post was edited by Thriftymaid at December 21, 2021 8:45 AM MST
2 generators, 1 on each axle, would recover some of the energy, while the vehicle was moving. There is also a way to generate electricity based on the temperature difference of two sides of a material.
You're up against the Second Law of Thermodynamics - entropy always increases, there are losses due to friction and heat. It takes more power to turn the fans (resistance) than the energy recovered from them.
I recall a long time ago, that "land-yachts" were fashionable.
They looked like 3 or 4-wheeled dinghy-launching trolleys fitted with a seat and a dinghy's mast and rigging, and were generally sailed along expansive, flat sand beaches or on flat meadows of short grass.
They are still around - 5 seconds of Google revealed illustrated ads for them, and for land-yachting "experiences".
' Him in that tatty old pick-up would make more progress by harnessing the dog to tow it!
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