The first time I took Project 325 to the drag strip for testing, launching was impossible. With a stock engine, 90-degree weather and 235/40-17 ContiSportContact 2 tires, I could leave the line at ...

As has been said time and time again, weight and horsepower are interchangeable. Save 50 pounds, and it's like adding quite a few extra ponies. The burden of mass becomes even more of an issue when ...

Lock up your flywheels, folks, an American inventor is coming after them. Randy Moore of RK Transportation is working on an idea that replaces an engine's flywheel with a lightweight rotor with ...

• Next-generation flywheels will be capable of megawatt-level energy storage. • Beacon Power’s hubless flywheel will require a breakthrough in magnet design. The ability to store electricity for later ...

The buses were powered by a rear-mounted electric motor making about 70HP, and that motor was fed by a generator spun by a one-and-a-half ton, 5-foot diameter flywheel rotating at about 3000 rpm. The ...

Engineers at Kinetic Traction Systems Inc. in Chatsworth, Calif., (www.kinetictraction.com) are developing flywheels to store energy recouped from braking Engineers at Kinetic Traction Systems Inc. in ...

Consider the hybrid car. Halfway between the traditional motor and the fully electric Nissan Leaf or the Volkswagen e-Up!, they're a nod to green motoring. While retaining a conventional diesel engine ...