Why can an electric car, not have a generator instead of a motor on one wheel, so that as that wheel turns it generates energy for the battery? I totally understand that it isn’t possible, but I don’t know why. I also understand that regenerative energy is taken from breaking.

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Why can an electric car, not have a generator instead of a motor on one wheel, so that as that wheel turns it generates energy for the battery? I totally understand that it isn’t possible, but I don’t know why. I also understand that regenerative energy is taken from breaking.

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The energy lost when you attach the generator to the wheel is more than you get back from creating the electricity.

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