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Originally Posted by itjstagame
Horribly inefficient but peltiers aren't super pricey.
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Multiple kilowatts worth of them are.
The capacitor idea is tried and true, but expensive. Takes lots and lots of particularly expensive capacitors to store the energy stored in a moving car.
Makes me wonder exactly how much energy one can store in a hydraulic accumulator though... despite the lower efficiency of hydraulics... *looks into it*