How can regen be a reason to buy or not? It is just a means to get a few percent of energy back. I wished my current vehicle had regen, but the DC series motor and controller do not allow regenning, I bought the vehicle because it was electric, not because of a few percent of energy recapturing (though I do know what I am missing, since my previous EV truck did have an AC drive with regen) I also have made a short drive in an ActiveE which has amazing regen, probably too much (it is easy to waste energy by slowing down too much since regen is only about 50% efficient compared to not burning the energy to unnecessarily accelerate in the first place...
In my opinion, level 1 charging is still the most widely available opportunity charging means, so I would consider that as highest prio but your mileage may vary. That is the reason I am carrying a 100ft extension cord in my truck and I *have* parked 8 stalls away from the EV charging station without problem, still being able to charge. But more often I am visiting friends, work or doing volunteer work where there are outdoor outlets, so level 1 charging present where I am but no faster charging within a mile. I read somewhere on the article about the 500e that the driver, even though he had no schematic and was not an expert, figured out which wire to cut to disable the unhelpful "auto-park", so that issue can be circumvented if you want. Regards, Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com Email: [email protected] Private: http://www.cvandewater.info Skype: cor_van_de_water Tel: +1 408 383 7626 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of JoeS. Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 10:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Fiat 500e EV> close to perfect Back onto the 500e topic. I found it interesting that the Chicago Tribune found it necessary to delete my comments, which I thought were quite civil. In my test drive of the 500e I liked it, but felt that the following three drawbacks were sufficient to keep me from buying one: 1. The regeneration with accelerator released was pathetic. The only way to regen that car is to actually apply the brake and not know whether you're regenning or both regenning and braking. 2. Not having Quick Charge (especially CHAdeMO) is a significant drawback, especially since in the SF Bay Area so many of the public charging stations are getting PHEV'd. Don't dare longer trips any more. 3. The inability to push the car when someone is not in the driver's seat (or if the 12v battery went dead) is, to me, a safety issue caused by this silly 'safety' feature. My i-MiEV offers more car for less money, although, arguably, it could be considered less cute. ----- Joe Siudzinski -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Fiat-5 00e-EV-close-to-perfect-tp4668392p4668455.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
