DaveinOlyWA
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ztanos said:Wouldn't accelerating quicker use more of a charge out of the battery? Causing you to recharge the battery more often, thus you would blow through quicker cycles and hit EOL quicker. This is the same reasoning that people use to claim that regen braking is bad for the car.
it is possible since higher current caused by quicker acceleration could require more power due to changes in resistance
and regen is "bad" but there is a level of "badness" to all but the utmost of the elite. iow, if it aint perfect, there is "something" wrong with it.
but regen is much better than any other option for slowing the car in most cases since it does regain some of the power expended to get you to up to a level of velocity you desire.
if not for regen, you would lose power in heat due to friction brakes which is a no win situation.
when saying regen is bad is only saying that keeping a constant velocity OR very gradual changes in velocity is better which we all already know.
but the biggest detriment to accelerating quickly is the lack of fine speed control. it is simply easier to overshoot your target which in essence wastes energy due to expending more power than was needed and paying the penalty for outside forces like wind resistance and what not.
either way, in the grand scheme of things, i am guessing there would be neglible differences in the battery life but probably measurable differences in tire life.
what you saved on your batteries could easily be spent on tires. people talk about the expense of replacing a battery pack after 75,000 miles but at the rate some people are going here, they will be putting on their 3rd set of tires by then. how much is that?