Scientists have now come up with avant-garde speed bumps, which can harvest electricity from cars when they are required to slow down or come to a stop.
New Energy Technologies has devised ‘MotionPower’ strips, which besides slowing down speed demons, also converts kinetic energy from the vehicles into electricity.
The company recently demonstrated the ‘MotionPower’ strip at the Roanoke Civic Center in Virginia where stopped vehicles lit up a series of lights.
According to New Energy Technologies, 580 cars drove over a ‘MotionPower’ strip in a 6-hour span and generated electricity, sufficient enough to power an average US home for a day, Discovery News reported.
The Maryland-based company assert that the strips would be best suited for installation where vehicles are travelling faster than 15 mph and are slowing-down before stopping.
New Energy Technologies has devised ‘MotionPower’ strips, which besides slowing down speed demons, also converts kinetic energy from the vehicles into electricity.
The company recently demonstrated the ‘MotionPower’ strip at the Roanoke Civic Center in Virginia where stopped vehicles lit up a series of lights.
According to New Energy Technologies, 580 cars drove over a ‘MotionPower’ strip in a 6-hour span and generated electricity, sufficient enough to power an average US home for a day, Discovery News reported.
The Maryland-based company assert that the strips would be best suited for installation where vehicles are travelling faster than 15 mph and are slowing-down before stopping.
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