Regen of battery power when the batteries are fully charged
#16
Driver School Candidate
One of the problem with electricity is that it needs to be put away (stored) or used.
Here is a hypothetical situation ... traction battery is fully charged. [it can't take more charge]. Now when you press the brake pedal there is no place to dump the electricity that is generated due to braking and thus there should not be any regen braking.
I have been trying to test this but I still see charge meter drop even when the battery is full .. leading me to think it never gets full.
Salim
Here is a hypothetical situation ... traction battery is fully charged. [it can't take more charge]. Now when you press the brake pedal there is no place to dump the electricity that is generated due to braking and thus there should not be any regen braking.
I have been trying to test this but I still see charge meter drop even when the battery is full .. leading me to think it never gets full.
Salim
#17
Racer
Speaking of gliding as per the video's pulse and glide training, if you haven't realized it yet, the 1st eco range of the hybrid meter is your glide range. If you're trying to glide while <= the magic "41mph" keep the needle in this first range. You can also glide above 41mph but it's a bit harder because the engine physically needs to spin above this speed. It can do so without gas maintaining speed above 41mph, but only in the very best of circumstances. The second ECO range is your EV mode range when turned on and speed < 25mph. This is less useful unless you spend a lot of time in parking garages. The only real advantage of EV is that you can get a little more acceleration especially from stop rather than simply trying to glide at these parking lot speeds.
Routinely getting 30+ mpg means routinely doing a lot of gliding.
Last edited by Droid13; 10-18-17 at 11:19 AM.
#18
10th Gear
I guess that is what I am going to do. Just go with the flow and occasionally see whats what numbers can I get. Did not get into the gliding much but will try later.
Also, I know its completely off topic, anyone knows how to prevent the driver seat and the steering wheel from retracting after shutting down the engine ? I guess it is done to make it easier to leave the car but it does the opposite for me.
Thanks for the input !
#19
Racer
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