Except, I rarely used the brakes at all, but instead used a combination of
high regeneration, cruise control, feathering the accelerator as necessary, and
almost never touched the brakes except to eliminate the "creep" when stopped.
I have both 2.2 million miles driving experience and 53 months ownership of a
2014 Chevy Volt.
The last 3 wrecks I was in were when i was stopped at a stop light, rear ended,
in clear weather, by distracted driversFirst and 2nd were texting, once an
attempted carjacking near Takoma Park Metro station and last was on a 5 mile
straight, 4lane divided highway, clear weather, light traffic, no sun glare,
distracted elderly driver, absolutely no reason to hit me, I was stopped for
8-10 seconds
I DON'T tailgate, it's a recipe for death, destruction and sorrow
i became quite adept at 1,000 mile, 1 pedal driving w/cruise control,It matters
not whether it is wasteful to use brakes or regeneration, (with brake lights)
If i tried coasting to a stop in SW Florida, there are a LOT of hostile folks
who would (and have) "show that libtard idiot with the EV/PHEV" and i would be
deadI have been "Coal rolled" but they failed as the PHEV with a tiny goose of
the accelerator zoomed past and left them in their dustI have been going down
I-75 and been passed, at night, by vehicles going almost twice as fast, with
the effective actual speed limit just under 80 (well over 130-140)
traffic lights are at best a suggestion. people routinely go the wrong way at
high speeds down divided highways because it's shorter, I have been casually
sideswiped and my rear view mirror folded outwho then ran. elderly drivers
routinely get confused and just go, whether the light is green, yellow or red.
A red light means 3-6 more vehicles caan go, some at very high rates of speed
,Slaloming around stopped vehicles
Couples get into arguments and jump out of cars at speed and die, you can
easily get shot for looking at other motorists, who have stickers proclaiming
"Assault Life" with crossed AR-15's
Hypermiling/coasting is an invitation to a coffin, unless there is zero other
traffic, the last time i hypermiled was in a 1956, 2 door Plymouth station
wagon that was designed to "coast" when you let up on the acceleraator, which
almost caused a wreck, before we hard disengaged the lever on the transmission,
as it was extremely unsafe in any traffic.
I never tailgate but stay well back, the radar is set in the new vehicle for
30-50 meters
On Thursday, May 24, 2018, 12:36:54 PM EDT, Robert Bruninga via EV
<ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
Then again, the driver could be still hard braking. I have heard some
people say that they frequently use the brakes to regen energy to extend
range. Makes no sense whatsoever.
Heavy regen is not free energy, it is exactly the opposite. Yes, it
recovers maybe 55% of keinetic energy compared to an ICE car that throws
away 100% of kinetic energy. But still you are wasting fully HALF of the
battery energy used to get to speed.
But if the car is not coming to a stop and the driver is only applying the
brakes to slow down because she was otherwise going too fast for traffic
and conditions, then that is no free energy, it is wasted energy.
Sure it is less waste than an ICE, but it is still *very wasteful* compared
to coasting to preserve ones kinetic energy instead.
Just a possibility.
This report claims 55% recovery during regen:
http://proev.com/LLPgs/LLei0005.htm
Again, any use of regen that is not for the purpose of coming to a required
stop, is throwing away 50% of the car's kinetic energy, and is an
indication that the car is tailgating or generally speeding above the
average speed of vehicles in his lane (also wasting energy).
Bob
On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 5:47 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV <
ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
> On 23 May 2018 at 18:25, robert winfield via EV wrote:
>
> > So, a word to the wise, bad and poorly written software can get you
>
> I'm sure the software is badly written, but that's not the main problem.
> The whole premise is bogus. It's the insurance company behind it that's
> "getting you." They would still be "getting you" even if the software
> were
> bug-free.
>
> There's just way too much paternalism going down everywhere these days.
> Do
> you really want to volunteer for more? You can sign up to have a
> permanent
> backseat driver if you want, but I sure won't. I'm a big boy now, and I
> don't need or want daddy in the car with me every second and every mile.
>
> Not gonna dance to that tune. Not even for a discount on my insurance.
> And
> I drive like your grandma, too.
>
> For the same reason (among others), I'll never buy a Tesla. Remember when
> that "journalist" tried to kill the battery in an early Model S by driving
> it in circles in a parking lot? At first I was amused that the car's
> software ratted him out to Musk. Then I thought a little more about it,
> and
> decided it wasn't so funny after all. It's not just guys like that
> Tesla's
> spying on. It's EVERY Tesla driver, all the time.
>
> Musk is a brilliant businessman, and I'm glad he's pushed Detroit and
> Tokyo
> to get off their bums, but I'm just not interested in having him riding in
> my back seat.
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