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Old 04-05-2019, 12:39 AM   #4 (permalink)
19bonestock88
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Yes the Prius uses regenerative braking, but at some point the battery will be full and you’ll have to use the friction brakes to slow down... if you had a long runoff at the bottom of the hill you could harvest the energy as kinetic energy (at risk of getting nailed for speeding) and then coast down over a long distance...
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