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Old 10-13-2016, 11:47 AM   #44 (permalink)
cowmeat
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The farthest I've gone on a charge so far is 44 miles, but on my daily commute of 38 miles, I always have at least 5 miles still showing, and I can turn that into even more miles.

And yeah I drive it in "L" all the time so I rarely have to use the brakes as the EV system slows the car while in regen mode. That also works when you are driving it ICE, it will still regen the battery on slowing and when it has regenerated enough power, it will switch off the ICE and go into EV mode until it burns through the juice.

When I'm in "L" and only need to slow slightly (or I'm going down a light incline) I've learned to ease up just a little on the gas pedal and the car will start the regen mode without noticably slowing. I can regen for a long period of time that way, which extends the range even more
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