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I thought the M3 did not have a battery heater except the by virtue of using waste heat from the motors? In which case the answer would be no.
I believe it schedules the battery to finish charging just before you leave so it is warm as Jason suggests. When set to scheduled departure I’ve noticed it charges immediately upon leaving the car, pauses during the night, then resumes an hour or so prior to departure.
The i3 does exactly the same. BMW explain that it does this in order for the car to know the actual charge rate available, by requesting charge for a short time and storing the charge point actual rating (without loading the CP all the car knows is the cable current capacity from the PP resistance to PE).
Once the car has stored the available charge current, it can turn the charge off and then determine when it needs to start charging in order to try to ensure that it's charged by the set departure time.
My hunch is the Ampera wasn't being so careful with the battery. You can absolutely pile a ton of regen energy back into a cold battery but it dramatically shortens its life. Be thankful that having to use some friction in the cold is saving your battery for the longer term.Not as good as I hoped here either.
I thought when using this mode the car would be much better for regen from the get go... but it really isn't. In these cold snaps i can expect my entire commute to work (10 miles) to be without any meaningful regen. Bit of a shame really.
My old ampera would have normal regen braking characteristics from first driving it even on cold days. Not sure how it would be able to do this?
They did. its called Maxwell Technologies. It's not clear though if they bought them for the capacitors, the dry cell battery manufacturing tech or both though.This why we need a capacitor to complement the battery - people are working on such a combination and I understand Tesla acquired a company that has this tech.
This why we need a capacitor to complement the battery - people are working on such a combination and I understand Tesla acquired a company that has this tech.
Ive watched a few videos on YouTube regards this and they say that it DOES pre warm the battery giving you full regen as regen is reduced with a cold batteryAs per title. Trying to figure out if Scheduled Departure warms only the cabin, or battery too .
I thought the M3 did not have a battery heater except the by virtue of using waste heat from the motors? In which case the answer would be no.
People seem to recommend timing charging to complete just before departure so that heat generated during charging pre-heats the battery to some degree.
Ive watched a few videos on YouTube regards this and they say that it DOES pre warm the battery giving you full regen as regen is reduced with a cold battery
Ive watched a few videos on YouTube regards this and they say that it DOES pre warm the battery giving you full regen as regen is reduced with a cold battery
I believe the FIA regs do permit the use of capacitors for the Energy Recovery System (ERS) (as well as flywheels) but as far as I know the packaging and weight limitations in F1 cars mean that neither have been of practical use. The latest Mercedes technical information I read was that its power unit use a 20kg lithium ion battery pack,. That sounds tiny considering a Tesla pack is 25 times heavier, however it only needs to supply 120kW (160BHP) for 33 seconds per lap. Ultracapacitors have been used in other race formulas in hybrids, like the Le Mans winning Toyotas.I always assumed that this is what Formula 1 cars have used for a number of years ... anyone confirm or deny?