Saw something for the first time on my energy consumption wheel on the dashboard on Friday. It got a little colder here in northern Virginia, and for the first time that I can remember, the wheel showed a dashed line down around the -50 area of the wheel when I got in the car. Then when I put the car in gear, a yellow caution triangle appeared, but no words anywhere to describe what the caution was about. Found the answer in the owners manual. Shows a picture of this dashed line on the energy wheel under the topic of Regenerative Braking. Says the battery can be in a state of not being able to accept full regenerative power due to temperature or State of Charge. I'm pretty certain I've never seen this dashed line before. Seems it's like that when it's cold and I first start driving, but after the battery warms up a bit, the dashed line goes away so that I can again use full regenerative power to charge the battery. When driving the car when the dashed lines appear, I now see why there's a caution triangle. It's because the driver is accustomed to the significant decrease in speed from full regenerative power when releasing the accelerator, and when the dashed line appears, the car simply won't slow down as fast by simply letting off the accelerator, so the driver has to use the brake pedal more.
Just wondering if others are experiencing this new (to me) phenomenon. Thanks!
Just wondering if others are experiencing this new (to me) phenomenon. Thanks!