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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls
I, OTOH, use regen in traffic and highway offramps every day. The regenerative braking on the Insight is 10KW. It'll have to do, but I wish it were stronger/faster.
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If you want it stronger, just modify the inputs...
FROM JULIAN EDGAR'S AUTOSPEED ARTICLE:
How to Electronically Modify Your Car: Part 13
"Unique Modification
A good example of the modification approach covered here was when I modified the regen braking on a Toyota Prius hybrid. As far as I know, this mod was a world first.
Regen braking occurs when the car’s electric motor becomes a generator, pushing juice back into the high voltage battery and so slowing the car. I wanted to make regen work more strongly...
Read More Here
And here is the first part in the series, which is very interesting, in my opinion, and could help a few of the folks with regenerative braking...
Good luck.