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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls
A few interesting things from that picture: regen isn't as strong as I'd hoped for a car with such a large battery. The Insight's regen is puny, at just shy of 10kW. This car is twice as heavy, has 30 times the battery capacity, and apparently only three times as much regen.  |
How much regen can someone really use? I've been driving a 3rd gen Prius recently and the friction brakes won't engage unless I really jump on the pedal. I wonder if they could even use more than 3x what current hybrids use w/o skidding.