Drivers generate electricity by driving over speed bumps

by Laura Domela

Motorists in Roanoke, Virginia got the chance to test a novel kinetic energy recovery device just by driving over a big speed bump.

As part of a real-world test of its MotionPower Express system, New Energy Technology installed an energy-recovering speed bump at the entrance to the busy Roanoke Civic Center during the weekend Roanoke hosted a gun show and circus. As cars crossed the speed bump, their tires depressed treadles that captured kinetic energy, which was converted into electricity. via autopia/Wired

Image: New Energy Technologies

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Drivers generate electricity by driving over speed bumps

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