Volvo has received a grant of 6.57 million Swedish kronor ($1.05 million U.S. at today’s exchange rate) from Swedish Energy Agency to jointly develop and test a flywheel kinetic energy recovery system ...

Beacon Power Corp. has successfully completed all critical performance tests on the Smart Energy 25 flywheel, and is moving forward to order the remaining materials necessary to build its first 10 ...

In the dark, no one can hear you scream. Or sweat, or grunt, or sob quietly. OK, so I’m paraphrasing the movie “Alien” here. But that seems pretty appropriate, given how slimy and disgusting I looked ...

After extensive testing of its kinetic flywheel technology, Volvo has announced that the system can boost fuel economy by 25 percent. The company is now looking at integrating the Flywheel KERS system ...

LOS ANGELES, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The operator of the California power grid has certified Beacon Power Corp.'s flywheel technology as a way to regulate power flow on transmission lines. The Cal ISO said ...

Beacon Power Corp.'s Smart Energy 25 flywheel with recent design improvements has achieved the development milestones of full speed operation (16,000 rpm) at full power (100 kW charging and ...

FAW Jiefang applies for a new patent to solve the impact testing challenges of inter-axle differential locks ...