A good article to read for new Tesla drivers
How Tesla's Regenerative Braking Works
Regenerative Braking may be the most significant change for drivers new to EVs. What it is and why it's important.
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I love regen. It's one of the things you might not immediately think as a benefit when you get an EV.
When you are city driving you might often find yourself in a situation with an ICE car where you have significant momentum taking you over the speed limit. Using your break results in increased wear and also inefficiency. This problem is completely resolved in an EV. You can literally max acceleration up the the speed limit and then fully recover the momentum energy when you arrive at the speed you need without wearing your breaks.
I find it hilarious that anyone would not use max regen so that they can make it feel more like an ICE. These cars with regen paddles are a joke.
As far as I know, all ev’s with regen have a user choice on strength, including tesla. Its just a question of how you make the choice, paddles or switch on the screen.I love regen. It's one of the things you might not immediately think as a benefit when you get an EV.
When you are city driving you might often find yourself in a situation with an ICE car where you have significant momentum taking you over the speed limit. Using your break results in increased wear and also inefficiency. This problem is completely resolved in an EV. You can literally max acceleration up the the speed limit and then fully recover the momentum energy when you arrive at the speed you need without wearing your breaks.
I find it hilarious that anyone would not use max regen so that they can make it feel more like an ICE. These cars with regen paddles are a joke.
Tesla removed that choice from new cars in 2020. It's in the article this thread is about.As far as I know, all ev’s with regen have a user choice on strength, including tesla.
When I have done this I find the car picks up too much speed.I wouldn't mind a 'paddle' or equivalent that you constantly hold which puts it in Neutral until released. Sometimes I don't want to waste putting energy back into the battery whilst going downhill and would rather let the car coast .. particularly when there is an uphill at the bottom. I do this manually sometimes by putting it into Neutral and back into Drive when required, but a 'paddle' would be easier. I know .. very niche case.
These cars with regen paddles are a joke.
Just thinking out loud here, but if driving in the snow wouldn’t we want the regen to be minimal or none at all?In my book, regen should have one setting - “maximum”.
Generally yes, but this is a rather confusing statement: "In addition to slowing the vehicle down without the use of brakes, the motor running in reverse acts as a generator and captures the kinetic energy that would typically be lost as heat and converts it into electrical energy, thereby increasing your vehicle's range."A good article to read for new Tesla drivers
How Tesla's Regenerative Braking Works
Regenerative Braking may be the most significant change for drivers new to EVs. What it is and why it's important.www.notateslaapp.com
I hadn't noticed this as an error, but of course you are correct. Maybe you should send a note to the author who wrote the article for notateslaapp.com and get him to correct it.In fact, of course, the motor is NOT turning backwards (it isnt mechanically reversed). What is happening is the energy conversion process is flipped around. Instead of the using electrical energy to generate mechanical (kinetic) energy, the system uses mecahanical energy (from the momentum of the car) to generate electrical energy.
You're on the right track, and Tesla is one step ahead of you.Just thinking out loud here, but if driving in the snow wouldn’t we want the regen to be minimal or none at all?
the car will automatically coast. you dont need to worry about that. You just keep pedal depressed to the speed you want to maintain.You’ll get more mileage with coasting rather than suffering the round trip losses of charging and discharging the battery.
Thank you. I just remembered I've watched this! Perhaps I should re watch it again.You're on the right track, and Tesla is one step ahead of you.