planet4ever
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A few of you guys seem dedicated to the belief that regen is always bad. Scenario:EVDRIVER said:1)Speaking of physics, you may want to brush up because this is 100% the opposite.DaveinOlyWA said:great article on driving. now without details we can imply from his article
1)rolling hills could mean a lot of regen helping to boost his mileage.
You're in rolling hills on a through road which is not a freeway. [Sound familiar?]
Added conditions: It's a two-lane road with significant traffic in both directions.
Now, I don't know what Dave might have been thinking, but he could well have been thinking of a case like that. So you crest a hill, and there is a slow truck in front of you. You can't pass because of oncoming traffic. The only way you are going to make it down that hill without hitting the truck is brakes or regen. Which one is going to result in better mileage? That's what I thought. Regen boosts mileage over not having regen. Nobody said it boosts mileage over driving on level ground. Nobody even said that it boosts mileage over [WHEEE!] coasting downhill in excess of the speed limit.
Prudent drivers keep their vehicle at a fairly constant speed except when traffic or road conditions force them to slow down. Hypermilers vary their speed up and down, up and down, and drive other people on the road nuts. If you are going to be a prudent driver, regen is your friend.