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Originally Posted by Arragonis
She had worked out that flooring the peddle would allow her to cruise and generate a short or even a full car, some graphs on the 10 min history had the full 7 cars possible - this is her first full tank remember  |
Energy regeneration is trough braking, so it's only recovering some of the energy lost to get you up to speed.
Use it when you need to brake.
It's like coasting vs. engine braking / DFCO.
Even coasting in idle you still win out.
It could be built in to the throttle pedal, by making part of its travel a "neutral zone", and the first part a "regen zone" - but that would make it a non-standard accelerator.
A bit like what Prius users do : get a very light touch of throttle back on so it doesn't go into regen-mode.