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Old 01-14-2022, 02:07 PM   #63 (permalink)
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JRMichler - fantastic! Thanks for the update. Keep 'em coming!

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1) When taking foot off the gas, it automatically goes straight to regenerative braking. If I want to coast, I need to stay on the gas pedal.
Some hybrids have easily-modulated throttles for staying in the "coasting zone". Others don't - which is a pain, because it's pesky and troublesome to have to monitor a screen.

I shift to N/neutral to coast in hybrids that have finicky throttles.

Doing this, I've learned that in the Toyota hybrids I've driven, you need to wait a second for the engine to shut down after releasing the throttle or it will continue to run while in N.

Also: while in N there may be no regenerative braking if you have to use the devil pedal.
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