HIROSHIMA, Japan-Mazda Motor Corporation has developed the world's first passenger vehicle regenerative braking system that uses a capacitor. The groundbreaking system, which Mazda calls 'i-ELOOP', ...

The Mazda MX-5 Miata is getting the company’s i-ELOOP regenerative “braking” system in more overseas markets. A few months ago, the company announced it for the Japanese market, and this week it ...

When it comes to storing energy, batteries aren’t always the ideal medium. While they typically discharge energy in predictable, linear fashion, batteries can be slow to charge and slow to discharge.

Do start-stop systems, which smartly switch off the gasoline (or diesel) engine at stoplights and restart it as soon as you lift off the brake pedal, produce significant gains in gas mileage? In ...

Mazda today revealed that a newly developed regenerative braking system for passenger cars capable, the first of its kind to use a capacitor, will improve fuel economy by 10 percent. The new i-ELOOP ...

Bengt Halvorson February 13, 2013 Comment Now! The quest toward better gas mileage and incremental gains isn't relegated just to engine and transmission improvements, or to aerodynamics or weight ...

Even before Mazda unveiled the 2014 Mazda6, it had introduced its innovative, non-hybrid i-Eloop (Intelligent Energy Loop) brake regeneration system. This technology converts kinetic energy into ...

Mazda released details Friday of its new "i-ELOOP" (Intelligent Energy Loop) regenerative braking system - the first system to use a capacitor to store and release energy. The automaker claims the new ...

Brake regen is typically associated with electrified cars, converting kinetic energy recovered under braking back into juice for the battery pack. Mazda, however, has been using a system it calls ...

What do windmills and Mazdas have in common? More than you'd think. In an effort to boost fuel economy, the Japanese automaker is looking to pilfer the windmill parts bin for the resilient capacitors ...

When Mazda unveils its new Takeri concept car at the Tokyo Motor Show next week, the company will be showing off more than just some shiny sheetmetal. Underneath that sleek new bodywork will be a new ...

There are a few brilliant reasons why the i-ELOOP braking system is some sort of trend-riding innovation. Ignoring the fact that it’s a boring car part, the i-ELOOP (that’s intelligent energy loop) is ...