What is KERS? How does it work?

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It stands for Kinetic Energy Recovery System.

It's kind of like a hybrid car. The energy from the engine is stored under braking and the drivers have a button they can push to release the energy. Current regulations although for 80 horsepower extra for roughly 7 seconds a lap.

Some cars choose not to run it due to the fact that the weight of the batteries cause less then perfect weight distributions.

KERS is a new system brought to F! by some of the teams this year its basically a big battery pack or fan wheel (depending on how he teams develop it). this then stores the enery wasted under breaking ( not literally by the brakes but the engine is still turning even under braking so the battery or fan wheel stores it) this can be the used each lap as a 80 horse power boost for 6.7 seconds to use at the drivers discresion, when the car passes the start/finish line each lap the battery is restored. but the KERS can only be deployed when the car reaches 100km per hour about 62 mph.

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KERS: Kinetic Energy Recovery System

It uses the recovered kinetic energy to charge a battery and when the battery is charged the drivers can choose to press a button and that gives them an extra 80 horsepower boost for a maximum of 6 seconds, it can be used anywhere on the track but its only smart to use it on long straights, also, drivers can choose to start and stop the boost whenever they want

kers is kinetic energy recycling system, basically it stores the energy generated when barking (ie reducing the kinetic enegry) and then releasing it on acceleration to give an extra "kick" of about 60 HP for upt to 20-30 seconds... it is like a kick up the backside on a straight... why dont al cars have it - becuase it is heavy and you have to carry itaround the track with you al the time, not just when you want it...

There are two basic types of KERS systems being developed for F1 - mechanical and electrical: both store energy that would otherwise be lost when braking, and allow that energy to be re-used when accelerating.

In the mechanical systems, the energy is stored in a flywheel. When the driver brakes, the flywheel is driven from the car's transmission system to spin it up: when the driver needs the stored energy to add to the engine output under acceleration, the flywheel is re-connected to the transmission system and drives it. The direction of transfer of power (i.e. transmission to flywheel or flywheel to transmission) depends on the gearbox that lies between the two (a special continuously-variable-transmission gearbox is usually used).

In the electrical version, under braking the transmission drives a generator that charges a battery: under acceleration, the battery drives an electric motor that drives the transmission. (The generator and motor can be the same device).

KERS is the short form for "Kinetic Energy Recovery System"
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