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Yes, many electric bicycles power themselves while going down hills or costing. As for the other idea that you could recharge them just by pedaling ... That exists already. Almost nobody wants it because it's easier to plug your bicycle in. The point of the electric bicycle is to do less work, not to do more. Otherwise you would get a regular bicycle because it weighs less.
Regen braking exists, and everyone does want it, because it gives free power when you hit the brakes. The reason nobody adds it is because up until recently, you could only have coasting or regen braking, and not having to pedal literally all the time is just far more important for bikes. There's a recent tech, freegen? Called something like that, it lets you have both regen braking and coasting,