ajdelange
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- A. J.
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I thought everyone understood that it is of great benefit in stop and go traffic too. In fact it's more beneficial there than in constant speed cruise on a level highway. Tesla apparently picked up a couple miles EPA range by bringing it right down to 0 in the hill hold mode.Good. Dam. Everybody knows downhill you gain range. Everybody knows against the wind or uphill you loose range. Stop, and go traffic. No help there
Next time you are driving in stop and go look at your power meter. Every time it dips below 0 regen is capturing energy that would otherwise be wasted in heating brake rotors. I suppose that you could manage your speed in stop and go such that you would never see the meter go negative but I for one certainly don't drive that way. It would annoy the people behind me for sure. But if you could practically drive that way then regen would be of no benefit.
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