Regen make batter % go up

[BuggDDS]

Has anyone seen their battery percentage INCREASE during driving, like right after it “ticks” down, do some regen braking and then it actually ticks up, pretty cool!

 

[LCR1]

Nope, I don't look at it while driving.

 

[BuggDDS]

Too busy making passengers fart, got it

 

[bedoig]

Ya, it's pretty cool descending long grades and having more range at the bottom than the top, all while never having to worry about cooking your brakes.

 

[Msjulie]

It definitely takes a longish downhill to get any % back, least that's my experience.

 

[MrMassTransit]

Yes, absolutely I've seen this when doing major descents out of mountains. I think I have some photos that I can try to dig up and post when home.

 

[Rocky_H]

They don't want it to be too twitchy, with it popping up and down percentages from little bits of regen braking, so the software does kind of hold on or hide a little bit of the increased energy until it's a large enough amount that it decides to show it on the display. So on very long downhills through the mountains, I have only seen it jump upward in increments of 3 rated miles as a minimum.

 

[al503]

I live on top of a hill. It's about a 1000' climb in less than half a mile. Most of the time, it won't show a bump in range. When it does, it'll show about a 2-3 mile increase and it usually takes a couple of minutes after driving down. (It usually saps about 5 miles of range on the way up, FWIW).

 

[CharleyBC]

For sure, especially on an extended mountain descent. You will use negative Wh/mile. Your battery percentage or miles (your choice of display) will increase.

But nothing's free, of course. You paid for that in lower efficiency when you climbed the mountain the day before.

 

[brandonc85]

For sure, especially on an extended mountain descent. You will use negative Wh/mile. Your battery percentage or miles (your choice of display) will increase.

But nothing's free, of course. You paid for that in lower efficiency when you climbed the mountain the day before.

I drove to school uphill both ways in 20 feet of snow.

 

[zhu-]

I've seen the battery go up too while driving when it's cold-limited.

 

[jdcollins5]

Yes. I was able to drive from the mountains of Asheville, NC to Columbia, SC at 75 mph and 206 Wh/mile due to the regen coming down the mountain.

 

[ElectricIAC]

Has anyone seen their battery percentage INCREASE during driving, like right after it “ticks” down, do some regen braking and then it actually ticks up, pretty cool!

Yes, going down Raton pass saw 1% or 3 rated miles flow back into the battery, cruise set at 70mph

 

[RacerChris]

Yes, going down Raton pass saw 1% or 3 rated miles flow back into the battery, cruise set at 70mph

I have also seen it while going down grades. It is pretty cool when you see it happen!

 

[CharleyBC]

I drove to school uphill both ways in 20 feet of snow.

What was your wh/mile?

 

[brandonc85]

What was your wh/mile?

About three fifty

 

[Mrcarcrazy]

About three fifty

That’s impressive. Mine is 320 and it’s flat here, without snow!

 

[640k]

I drove to school uphill both ways in 20 feet of snow.

with a 40% loss in battery efficiency, i find this hard to believe, grandpa!

 

[RichardL]

with a 40% loss in battery efficiency, i find this hard to believe, grandpa!

Not a Monty Python fan, apparently?

 

[640k]

Not a Monty Python fan, apparently?

honestly i'm not sure which one of us missed the joke on that one.