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Originally Posted by Tesla
Just going by seat of pants accelerator position and coast downs at various speed, my personal experience does not seem to corrolate the same, when I pull the foot off the throttle to coast, deceleration seems to decrease at an exponential rate, once down to about 40mph it's like the only thing that slows her down is an incline, otherwise she just keeps rolling.
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I assuming you're coasting in neutral? My lightweight brick of a car will coast forever at 20 MPH, but loses speed pretty quickly at even 30 MPH. A heavier vehicle is going to store a lot more energy.