The term "aggressive regenerative braking" can have negative connotations. Certainly in any case when someone just randomly pushes the regernerative brakes for no other reason than to recover energy, it is a NET LOSS. It is far more efficient to preserve the energy in a moving car in its kinetic energy than to go through the inefficiencies of conversion to chemical storage and then converting back from chemical to mechanical.
For maximum range, I would think the correct way to say it would be "with judicious (or minimal) regenerative braking and smart coasting..." might be the better description? Bob, WB4APR -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of EVDL Administrator via EV Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 4:04 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] Driving a Leaf from San Francisco to Santa Cruz and back. Almost 20 years ago, Alex Krause of Brusa showed that with aggressive regenerative braking and smart use of coasting, a very large elevation change can be managed with almost no difference in energy use from what the same distance in flat terrain would require. Also important: the big climb shouldn't be close to the end of the journey, so you have plenty of opportunity to reclaim the expended energy with regen. http://www.evdl.org/pages/evergreen.html David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
