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Old 07-12-2010, 10:34 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Is Regenerative Braking Real? Does it work as we thought?

Is Jack Rickard correct about there being zero gain -- or even a loss, when regenerative braking is used in an EV?

If you have an EV, can you try to duplicate his results? He is even seeing a 7% *loss* when regenerative braking is used.Like him, I am very surprised at these results -- they make no sense.

EVTV.ME: More Regenerative Braking Results. It gets worse...

He is already working with Illah Nourbakhsh (at Carnegie Mellon), so hopefully we can sort this out?

Regenerative braking in the Aptera - is it merely dogma? - ApteraForum.com - Unofficial Aptera Car Forum

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