I believe the VW Golf e-Motion (2014) will have adj. regen.townsat wrote:Adjustable regenerative braking. That is what every electric car should have.
I believe the VW Golf e-Motion (2014) will have adj. regen.townsat wrote:Adjustable regenerative braking. That is what every electric car should have.
Anytime you start messing with the brakes you open yourself up to suits and bad press.. not a good idea. Best way to conserve range is to drive like you had no brakes at all.LEAFfan wrote:I believe the VW Golf e-Motion (2014) will have adj. regen.townsat wrote:Adjustable regenerative braking. That is what every electric car should have.
I respectfully disagree.Herm wrote:Anytime you start messing with the brakes you open yourself up to suits and bad press.. not a good idea. Best way to conserve range is to drive like you had no brakes at all.LEAFfan wrote:I believe the VW Golf e-Motion (2014) will have adj. regen.townsat wrote:Adjustable regenerative braking. That is what every electric car should have.
I drove a Mini-E once and it was set up this way. It was quite a surprise, but it was also apparent what to do with it. I don't think anyone's been killed using it.GroundLoop wrote:I really like the comparison to driving a big-bore stick-shift car in first gear. If you let off the gas, it's going to come to a stop pretty quick. There's no reason an EV couldn't do the same.
And the EV-1 had a coast button on the stick. And people liked it. And no one died using that, either.Herm wrote: but then someone will suggest a button on the steering wheel that disables the regen so that you can coast..
Really? What other cars behave like that? Everything I've ever driven before, manual or automatic transmission, hybrid or non-hybrid, applies either engine braking or regen when you take your foot off the accelerator.wgs1912 wrote:I think the that let go of gas= coast, tap brake=light regen, apply brake =more regen would be a nice way to adjust regen without really disturbing normal driving habits.