theaveng
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Over on Prius Chat some industrious owners calculated 22% of regen braking energy is wasted as battery electrical-to-chemical conversion heat. Add in heat losses from the motor and DC-AC electronics & total loss is somewhere around 30% (possibly as high as 40%).
Anyway: Has anyone ever measured regen losses in the Leaf? I would think it would be as simple as accelerating to 30, then regen braking to 0, and measuring the power flow. The difference would represent the % loss.
Anyway: Has anyone ever measured regen losses in the Leaf? I would think it would be as simple as accelerating to 30, then regen braking to 0, and measuring the power flow. The difference would represent the % loss.