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"Alternators were first introduced by the Chrysler Corporation on the Valiant in 1960, several years ahead of Ford and GM." "The first car to use an alternator was an unusual system fitted to early Model T Fords."

Maybe you can clear this up. The first car to use an alternator came out "several years ahead" of the first car to use an alternator????? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.74.206.41 (talk) 04:20, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

After spending some time trying to understand the arrangement described under "Field regulation", beginning with "The field windings", I suggest to include a schematic. What is the warning light in parallel with? And if it is in parallel, why does it cut the field current if it breaks? Perhaps it is in series, not parallel? Lsutvs (talk) 21:01, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Remove regenerative braking segment

"Alternators are no longer used in electric cars; they make electricity with a regenerative braking mechanism."

I don't really feel like regenerative braking is an analogue to alternators. Electric cars don't need to generate electricity in the same way that internal combustion vehicles do. Sure, regenerative braking is a feature of electric cars that generates electricity from kinetic energy, but it isn't integral to the functionality of the car since electric cars power their auxiliary systems with the same battery that runs the motor. 108.28.31.251 (talk) 20:28, 1 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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 After spending some time trying to understand the arrangement described under "Field regulation", beginning with "The field windings", I suggest to include a schematic. What is the warning light in parallel with? And if it is in parallel, why does it cut the field current if it breaks? Perhaps it is in series, not parallel? [[User:Lsutvs|Lsutvs]] ([[User talk:Lsutvs|talk]]) 21:01, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
+== Remove regenerative braking segment ==
+"Alternators are no longer used in electric cars; they make electricity with a regenerative braking mechanism."
+I don't really feel like regenerative braking is an analogue to alternators. Electric cars don't need to generate electricity in the same way that internal combustion vehicles do. Sure, regenerative braking is a feature of electric cars that generates electricity from kinetic energy, but it isn't integral to the functionality of the car since electric cars power their auxiliary systems with the same battery that runs the motor. [[Special:Contributions/108.28.31.251|108.28.31.251]] ([[User talk:108.28.31.251|talk]]) 20:28, 1 November 2022 (UTC)