In the first part of this project series we learned of my experiences with a slipping clutch--a problem I was having after only a couple of baseline quarter-mile test runs. The second write-up ...

The first time I took Project 325 to the drag strip for testing, launching was impossible. With a stock engine, 90-degree weather and 235/40-17 ContiSportContact 2 tires, I could leave the line at ...

TYNGSBORO, MA and ANCHORAGE, AL--(Marketwired - May 26, 2015) - Beacon Power, the world's leading manufacturer of grid-scale flywheel energy storage systems, announced that it has entered into an ...

A Volvo test of an experimental high-tech flywheel-based energy capture system in a S60 reveals that the technology could help to reduce a car’s fuel consumption by up to 25 percent. Could the ...

Beacon Power secures $43 million loan to finance a 20-megawatt energy storage project that uses spinning metal disks to store electricity and send it onto the grid. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer ...