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<P mce_keep="true"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2>Batteries have always been the weak link in mobile applications using stored electricity.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They are relatively heavy, and they are also relatively costly to produce, maintain, and recycle.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Build a better battery and the world will beat a path to your door.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You could certainly store dynamic brake energy in a battery, and use it to offset the use of diesel fuel when pulling, but the cost of doing so would be greater than the fuel saving.</FONT> </SPAN></P>
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