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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Because no process is 100% efficient in the real world. You would lose more energy due to friction than you would gain. This would negatively affect you driving range.

Also I don't know why everyone is so upset. I had to put some thought into this one and I have a few engineering and physics classes under my belt.