johnny_cakes
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Thank you! very informative!
I saw the option about having the car apply the brakes to simulate regen, but personally I would never set that as it would just wear the brakes out.
Yeah, from what I could tell the car was not regening when I would brake as the "Green" regen bar did not move.
I know that in the Nissan Leaf if you hit the brakes the regen bar would get much larger and I saw the same in the Toyota Prius prime, thus i asked.
The Toyota Prius Prime btw is super-efficient with both gas and ev mode. I just hate the way it looks and drives...
Turning the regen simulation won't wear the brakes more than it would otherwise. It simply uses the brakes when regen isn't avaialble or limited (e.g. when battery is cold or close to 100% SoC) so you don't have to change driving behavior. If you don't have it on, you'll need to apply the brakes yourself when regen isn't available.