How a Car Stops
    Physics & How Things Work

    How a Car Stops

    Brakes don't slow you down — they bleed your motion off as HEAT.

    A car is zooming along. The driver taps the brake. Two seconds later — stopped. Where did all that MOTION ENERGY go? It can't just vanish.

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    FrictionEnergy ConversionHeatRegenerative Braking