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Option to turn regen braking off...

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I think that is pessimistic. I have often seen it (round trip : regen-and-back-to-wheels) quoted as 70-80% efficient.

Here is someone who drove up a mountain then back down and calculated how much battery charge was regained.

Net result...46% SOC to start, down to 36% at the top and regained to 40% at the bottom.
So he regen'ed 4% out of 10% (plus or minus something)...but he got back about 40% of the energy he used going up.
Now maybe there was a rounding error and maybe the conditions weren't ideal -- you decide.

Tested the Regen system by climbing 100-3800ft and back down.