palmermd said:
why are they showing the charger doing the regeneration instead of the inverter? This is the first time i've seen this done. This will limit regen to 3.3kw, will it not? Is the animation incorrect, or is this a new way of doing this?
The regen is up to 30KW according to the power readouts from the main computer screen.
Does anybody know the exact electronics above the motor? Is it a 2-way AC to DC ("inverter") and also transfomers for adjusting DC voltage before giving to inverter to give power to motor, but can also go backwards and convert back to DC to regen the battery pack?
If this is so, there seems to be some redundancy because the charger thing behind the battery pack can convert from AC to DC as well.. If the thing behind the battery pack is a AC to DC converter, then I would assume that it would do the conversion during regen, and the 3.3KW limitation might be some software limitation, because the J1772 plug can handle up to 7.4KW/32amps/250volts according to the pdf for the plug.
Questions questions.
Can't wait until we get the 1500 page maintenance manual for the car!