>>>>I think the opposite is true. You use the brakes less because the 'dynamo' itself acts as a brake. Same as riding a bycyle down hill with a dynamo - the dynamo slows you down.
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>>>Sort of like engine breaking when you select a lower gear?
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>>Sort of, but the analogy doesn't get you too far, because no matter what you do, internal combustion engine won't produce gasoline. Electric motor can act as a generator, which is the point here.
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>I was referring only to the braking effect.

That side of effect - yes, that's pretty much it. The rest of it differs as as* and eye (libterally translated).