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Originally Posted by xDrive50i
What I found rather interesting about the picture showing the V12 above is that you can clearly see the alternator. I thought that BMW (at least according to their sales brochures) is pushing the efficient dynamics and one of those functions was to use brake energy regeneration ?!?
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Is it not a case that the alternator is "switched off" in most circumstances and automatically switches on during breaking to reduce the load on the engine under nromal driving conditions? It' not like the new KERS system that the F1 race cars have.