Christoph Thetard has developed a mechanical flywheel drive to power a set of kitchen appliances for his Diploma in Product Design at Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany. The kitchen machine, coffee ...

Announced as a game changing technology by Swedish manufacturer Volvo last week, the so-called flywheel KERS will be the result of a collaborative effort with some of the big names in the automotive ...

When it comes to energy storage, our first thought usually is lithium ion batteries. But what if we went old school... like just spinning things really fast and capturing that kinetic energy, old ...

Kinetic-energy recovery systems didn't fare well in Formula 1, but a bunch of British automotive companies bet the technology will catch on with road cars. A consortium led by a Jaguar Land Rover is ...

Torotrak, the global innovator in gearless traction drive technology for vehicle CO2 reduction, confirms that its continuously variable transmission (CVT) technology forms part of the Volvo Car ...

The constant quest to ride waves of green lights in New York City, inspired Cooper Union's engineer student, Maxwell von Stein, conceptualize a method to harness a bike's braking energy when stopped ...