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Vehicle Shock Absorbers

Breakthrough in harvesting energy from automotive shock absorbers

Boosting the fuel efficiency of motor vehicles by “harvesting” the energy generated by their shock absorbers and feeding it back into batteries or electrical systems such as air conditioning has become a major goal in automotive engineering. Now, a researcher has made a breakthrough by designing a new system and constructing a prototype that is ready for real-world testing. Ref. Source 8j.

Absorbers Shock Vehicle

I've actually thought about something like this before. Cars going up and down on the road exert a lot of energy from all the shock absorbers which should be harnessed just as it is with the alternator to the battery.