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Originally Posted by scagman
Also could someone explain to me how kers/ers makes the car go faster.
I understand Kers charges a battery from energy recovered during braking. But F1 cars aren't powered by electricty but combustion. So how does electricy make a combustion engine produce more power.
I have been watching F! for about 30yrs and probably not missed a race, but just havn't been able to understand how this works. 
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Hi John,
This video by
Magneti Marelli might help. The electric motor-generator is connected
directly to the drive shaft.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4WSvO4VX_o
As mentioned here -
http://www.magnetimarelli.com/excell...cellences/kers - the 2014 ERS system will recover energy not just
from braking, but also energy from the exhaust gases.