Patent ID: 7940016

Claim:
An off road vehicle, comprising: (a) at least one motor operable to displace the off road vehicle and generate electrical energy when the vehicle is decelerating; (b) an energy storage system operable to store electrical energy and provide electrical energy to the at least one motor; (c) a prime power source operable to provide electrical energy to at least one of the energy storage system and at least one motor; (d) a direct current (DC) bus interconnecting the at least one motor, energy storage system, and prime power source; and (e) a pulse sequencer operable to provide, to the energy storage system, pulsed electrical energy generated by a selected motor; wherein the at least one motor is configured, in a braking mode, to alternately store electrical energy in and discharge energy from a winding of the at least one motor, wherein electrical energy generated by first and second motors is pulsed to provide first and second sets of pulses, respectively, and wherein the first and second sets of pulses are temporally offset from one another.