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Old 02-21-2020, 06:03 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
Are you coasting in neutral? If you are going faster than 7MPH, you can bump the shift puck into R, and it will go into neutral - or, you can hold it in N for about 2 seconds.

If you are going less than 7MPH, don't shift into R - as it will go into reverse!

You have to shift back into D to get any regen; even on the brake pedal.
I was previously coasting in the middle "dot" before the regen side---but today I put it in neutral a few times to try it out and it coasts a lot better. After fiddling around a bit I realized that the throttle and regen braking have many more positions than just the few dots on the display, so I was likely doing very slight regen braking when I thought I was "coasting."

All of that said, this car is still very draggy compared to the Yaris. But we're workin' on it!
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