BMW suspension recharges battery in bad ground

BMW creates something new! It is true that the electric vehicle segment has been innovative, but there is certainly much more to be discovered and improved. In the field of vehicle autonomy, research is still focused on batteries, but there may be mechanisms to recharge the battery while vehicles are in motion.

BMW is developing a suspension that can generate energy in the face of uneven road conditions and thereby recharge the battery.

The BMW suspension is actuated and generates energy that is used to recharge the battery.

Electricity is critical to driving electric vehicles. In addition to the energy stored in batteries, which provide a certain amount of autonomy, it would be interesting if the vehicles themselves generate energy while driving. It is in this sense that BMW is working on a solution in which the suspension is used as energy generating equipment.

In practice, when the suspension works to smooth out uneven floors, energy is generated and stored in the battery.

This BMW suspension, as far as we know, will be used exclusively in electric vehicles. There is no word yet on when it will become part of the German brand's electric model.

It should be noted that traditionally, the energy of the vehicle's wheels moving over irregularities is absorbed by the spring suspension elements, and then this energy is dissipated in the form of heat by shock absorbers. The job of shock absorbers, as the name suggests, is to dampen the shock, resulting in a smoother ride.