Both my Chevy Volt and my Chevy Bolt have a nuetral position on the selector
lever (not really a 'gear shift' anymore is it?).
It doesn't disconnect the motor, but it does stop powering it. I frequently
use it to coast down long gentle slopes.
My PGP public key:
That’s not true no matter who makes the claim
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On Tuesday, August 24, 2021, 12:11 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV
wrote:
This is a confusing topic. I'm not an engineer or physicist, but as I
understand it, Peter is right.
Look here:
When you are at the top of a hill after the climb the best way to descend is to
select no regen until you reach the speed limit and then use regen to keep your
vehicle at the speed limit. My Leaf has 6 regen selections. N for no regen, D
for some, Deco for more, B and Beco for the most. Using
You are being generous Tesla claims they get 10% back and proud of it. I much
prefer the coasting to regen. I wish I could turn it off
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On Tuesday, August 24, 2021, 5:12 AM, Jay Summet via EV
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On 8/24/21 2:56 AM, Martin WINLOW via EV wrote:
>In an
Energy requirements are determined by rolling resistance, air resistance,
and vehicle 'house' loads. At high speeds, air resistance usually becomes a
large factor, because it increases by speed squared, though how large also
depends on aerodynamics.
Somewhere (I don't recall where) I saw
The round trip efficiency of the motor-inverter-battery-inverter-motor
is perhaps 50%.
The 15% number comes from the increase in range from having a car with
regen, versus one not having regen. In stop and go city driving, that
number can go much higher, thus the 25% increase in range.
Thus,
On 8/24/21 2:56 AM, Martin WINLOW via EV wrote:
In an EV, much of the braking in stop/go energy can be recovered by
regenerative braking, thus the ’shed mass’ argument is severely undermined.
The same applies to hilly terrain.
I can't let this statement go unremarked as it propagates a
