Can a Car Run Solely on a Battery and Alternator?

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Running a car solely on a battery and alternator using wheel motion for recharging is not feasible, as it would violate the principles of conservation of energy. The alternator can only provide as much power as the battery supplies, accounting for real-world inefficiencies. Any power retrieved from the wheels would be insufficient to overcome the energy lost in the system. Despite the scientific consensus, some individuals continue to pursue this idea, often due to a refusal to accept established facts. Ultimately, the concept is fundamentally flawed and cannot work in practice.
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Could you run a car with just a battery and an alternator by having the alternator recharge the battery by using the motion of the wheels and other parts?

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No, that would be a perpetual motion machine. The battery could only supply the amount of power it gave out to the alternator at the absolute most (real world must take into account inefficiencies). Now if you throw in a drivetrain to power the wheels, power is lost powering the wheels and the power retrieved from those wheels if they could switch to the alternator could only be at the most, the power needed to spin up the wheel.

In other words, conservation of energy says no.
 
Ok, then I was right when I tried to explain to my dad other reasons why it wouldn't work. Since this has been proven it doesn't work, why have people pursued it so vigourously?

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