Discussion Page - Idea 33

#33: Piezoelectric Tire

This is a wild one.

Try to see if you can make a car tire out of a piezoelectric material. As it rolls, the tire deforms and generates energy. Get that energy. 

It would be reclaiming some of the car losses. It is likely to be very little, I'm not sure.

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