BrettS
Active Member
BrettS, I think with different sets of assumptions, we can all be right. True?
I’m not sure I agree with you there. I think at the end of the day the fact is that accelerating harder uses more energy than accelerating more gently. If you use more energy then your average energy usage will go up. Regen gets some of that energy back, but it’s not proportional to how hard you accelerated.
Think of it this way... If you regen from 60-0 you will get X amount of energy back. It doesn’t matter if you went from 0-60 in 3 seconds or in 10 seconds, when you regen from 60 you will get the same amount of power back. So therefore, if you use more energy to get to 60 in the first place then you’ll have a higher net usage after you subtract the power you got back from the regen.
If you do go out and play around I’d be interested in seeing what your results are. If I get a few minutes later today or tomorrow I might try to play around myself and see how it turns out. I think real world numbers are certainly much more accurate than the hypothetical situations that we are coming up with.