Bumpy roads can generate electricity: BMW applies for a new patent for using suspension to charge electric vehicle batteries

CTOnews.com, December 12 (Xinhua) it is very annoying to encounter bumpy roads while driving, and if you don't see the road clearly, it can even cause some serious damage to the car. But if your electric car can use this energy and turn it into usable electricity when you drive through bumpy roads, you may not hate the bad roads so much. And a new patent filed by BMW suggests that they may indeed plan to do so.

According to CarBuzz, a new patent filed by BMW with the German Patent Office shows that the company is designing a new suspension system that can absorb the impact of bumpy roads while recovering energy from it and charging the batteries of electric cars.

CTOnews.com learned that the principle of this technology is to convert the vibration generated by the suspension into electricity. When the vehicle is driving on a bumpy and potholed road, the generator installed on the stabilizer converts the vibration generated during driving into power and stores the generated electricity in the battery.

If BMW can really bring this suspension technology to market, it may not be very cheap, but this kind of thinking is very innovative.