Energy recovery from suspension travel

[Raindog1]

I’m looking for links and information on Tesla recovering energy from suspension travel via ultra capacitors. I once saw a brief video about this but I don’t know if Tesla actually put it into the suspension. Any info, confirmation or guidance would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[ucmndd]

Not happening on any production car.

 

[No CO2]

Interesting physics problem.

A Model S weighs about 4,800 pounds.
If you go over a 3" speed bump with all four wheels, you can roughly assume that the car is elevated 3" off the ground, and falls. This is a "potential energy" calculation.

Using this web site,

Potential Energy Calculator

Grab the potential energy calculator to find how much energy is stored in an object raised off the ground.

www.omnicalculator.com

A Model S falling 3" equals 0.000451 kW*hr.

If you have an 85 kW*hr battery, this equals roughly 200,000 speed bumps for one charge.

Interesting math, but obviously not worth the parts cost and engineering labor time for Tesla.

Brian

 

[mswlogo]

Interesting physics problem.

A Model S weighs about 4,800 pounds.
If you go over a 3" speed bump with all four wheels, you can roughly assume that the car is elevated 3" off the ground, and falls. This is a "potential energy" calculation.

Using this web site,

Potential Energy Calculator

Grab the potential energy calculator to find how much energy is stored in an object raised off the ground.

www.omnicalculator.com

A Model S falling 3" equals 0.000451 kW*hr.

If you have an 85 kW*hr battery, this equals roughly 200,000 speed bumps for one charge.

Interesting math, but obviously not worth the parts cost and engineering labor time for Tesla.

Brian

But the wheels are probably bouncing 0.25” constantly. Which might add up to something.