KERS

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /kɜːz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɝz/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /kɛrz/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /køːz/
• (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /keːz/
• (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /kɛːz/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)z
• Homophones: Kerrs, curs (fern–fir–fur merger), cares (fair–fur merger)

KERS (plural KERSs)

1. (sports, automotive) Acronym of kinetic energy recovery system, an electric generation, storage, and propulsion system used in Formula One, which generates electricity during slow down, stores energy in batteries, and boosts acceleration with electric drive motors assisting the gasoline engine.

• MGU-H
• MGU-K
• MGU

• ERS

• regenerative braking

• KSer, RKEs, erks