TTAC: Mazda Uses Capacitor To Save Gas

cwerdna · Nov 26, 2011

Mazda Uses Capacitor To Save Gas | The Truth About Cars

Toyotaâ€™s Chief Engineer Satoshi Ogiso figures that efficiency improvements of traditional gasoline engines may soon hit a wall. He gives the gasoline engine an improvement potential of â€œmaybe 10 to 20 percent.â€ Today, we have proof that it is a fight of diminishing returns. Mazda is now at a point where it saves up to 10 percent of gas by idling the alternator. How is that done?...
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cwerdna · May 2, 2013

Mazda introduces supercapacitor-type regenerative braking sounds similar/the same. I wonder if the system has been delayed since the original said 2012 but this new article published in 2013 says

The first automotive 12-V regenerative braking system to use a "supercapacitor" will make its debut on Mazda's new Mazda6. Called i-ELOOP for intelligent energy loop, the long-promised system is scheduled for May production and is expected to arrive in U.S. dealerships by July
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Trollbait · May 3, 2013

Technically, it was available the end of 2012 in Japan in the 2013 Atenza which we get as the 2014 Mazda6.

Mazda Atenza launches with i-ELOOP regenerative braking

TTAC: Mazda Uses Capacitor To Save Gas

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TTAC: Mazda Uses Capacitor To Save Gas

cwerdna Senior Member

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Trollbait It's a D&D thing