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Sorry can someone explain how the turbines work? Is the turbine pulling the motorbike forward or is it there to generate power?
The bike has an electric motor so the turbine seems unnecessary. But if the motor is pulling it forward then it's fighting the turbine so it's wasting energy (it's not some perpetual motion device).
Are the solar and turbines there so you park up and the bike charges while you're shopping?
I just can't understand why the addition of turbines is helpful here.
you can actually gain energy while moving upwind, it's counterintuitive but the existence of tacking in sailing (doing a zig-zag upwind) makes it a bit easier to internalize for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5InZ6iknUM
That's a little bit different.
In your case, the wind is blowing and the craft is getting energy from it.
I was referring to the energy coming from the motor pushing you through the air and then trying to claim some energy from the wind you created by pushing yourself through the air with the motor.
If there is wind blowing you could in theory get some energy from it, but the thing about sailboats is there is a constant need to adjust the sail when you turn. A turbine on the front isn't going to be angled correctly whichever direction you turn.
But I think I worked out the reason for the turbine. It's powered by the battery (it's not intended to charge the battery) and I think is there to pull the top of the contraption forward so it doesn't fall over when accelerating.