regenerative braking
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energy recovery mechanism
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Mechanism for regenerative brake on the roof of a Škoda Astra tram The S7/8 Stock on the London Underground can return around 20% of its energy usage to the power supply.
Regenerative braking is an energy recovery mechanism that slows down a moving vehicle or object by converting its kinetic energy or potential energy into a form that can be either used immediately or stored until needed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “regenerative braking” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.