why can’t electric cars be charged by their own movement?

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why can’t electric cars be charged by their own movement?

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Inefficiency.

Energy conversions are never 100% efficient. Taking X amount of electrical energy stored in a battery and converting it to kinetic energy in a motor leaves you with X-Y. Taking some of that energy and converting it again to electrical energy would leave you with Y-Z, and the cycle would continue.

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