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Old 03-31-2015, 09:07 PM   #300 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by oldtamiyaphile View Post
I also wonder how much energy there actually is available in a typical hypermiller braking event. Unless a light changes on me, I usually only brake from around 16mph.
I suppose that depends on what you think of as typical. Your 16 mph with traffic lights sounds like (sub)urban driving, and probably in flat terrain. For me, typical brake/regen is descending a couple thousand vertical feet of mountain roads, with 6% grades or steeper.
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