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I wish I had a volt, often. But I use my brakes a lot less than might be expected, even for a hypermiled Civic with an ICE. DFCO + turning on the alternator is my regen braking. I control speed on the freeway & hills with DFCO/regen when normally most people use brakes. I frequently bring the car nearly to a stop before tapping brakes even once. Wish I had an actual regen system. Test drove a co-worker's I3 BMW and the regen was powerful!
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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