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Old 11-28-2023, 03:26 PM   #40 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Piotrsko View Post
You also dont drive BEV's down pike's peak like a racer. If you used the brakes like a non regen vehicle, they're gonna overheat just the same as a gasser. The energy dissipated either goes into the motor or the wheel or both, but it's still going somewhere and it still makes things hot.
I fully either close my wheels for long highway trips where I’m just steady state traveling and never braking, or close them all the way with city driving in winter. Brakes aren’t gonna get hot when doing regen hybrid hypermile braking in 45 degree weather
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