Interesting experience with Regen Braking

[Pinot.Noir]

I max charged my car for only the second time last night and when we left on our roadtrip I was very surprised at the first stop light to not have any regenerative braking. I presume this is normal behavior for a car with a fully charged battery?

By the time we got off the freeway at a rest stop it was back to normal.

 

[Schroeder0202]

That is correct. Battery will not take any more juice. Regen will work after a few miles of charge are depleted.

 

[ewoodrick]

If the battery is full, it can't be charged anymore, hence, no regen.

 

[dark cloud]

We get that all the time in colder climates regardless of charge level. When you are expecting that instant deceleration and it doesn't happen it can be quite surprising. I wonder if anyone has gotten into a incident because of this?

Maybe Tesla should put on a warning on the cluster indicating that regen is unavailable when it is 100% charged? When it is cold it indicates low or no regen with dashed lines on the energy graph.

 

[Lasttoy]

Yes scared me to death. Tesla said need 10% to regen

 

[scottm]

We get that all the time in colder climates regardless of charge level. When you are expecting that instant deceleration and it doesn't happen it can be quite surprising. I wonder if anyone has gotten into a incident because of this?

Maybe Tesla should put on a warning on the cluster indicating that regen is unavailable when it is 100% charged? When it is cold it indicates low or no regen with dashed lines on the energy graph.

They do put a warning on the cluster, it's actually there all the time... shows you your regen limits.

On my classic console it's a yellow dash line in the orange zone. Driving away with 100% and the yellow bar is up. It disappears pretty quickly after driving a short distance to make room for the regen charge to return to battery.

On our model 3 it's where the solid line goes dashed under the speed display.

We're totally used to seeing this in colder climates, it's up a lot when the battery is cold... so maybe less surprising than for folks who never get to experience the full range of environment with their cars.