Obvious Idea: Suspension Power

For an electric/hybrid vehicle:

Use an electromagnet placed in the suspension to recharge the battery, or apply power to the motor directly (whichever is the most efficient). The current from the electromagnet would be the current going to the electric motors.

An additional benefit would be electronic control of the suspension “dampening” forces. Since the maximum force would be at maximum power to the electric motor, and minimum force at no power, you would still need independent dampeners…maybe like ferromagnetic dampeners like used in the corvette.

Looked around and most of the ideas were to use permanent magnets…which are weak. The main advantage would be for long straights, like on a bumpy freeway.

Could always get an accelerometer and calculate the amount of power per mile using the closest freeway…need an accelerometer.

Man…we really need room temperature superconductors…would make things so much easier.