Well, David said aggressive regenerative braking WITH COASTING, so seems clear he didn't mean to brake when unnecessary. Some people do seem to use regen digitally - either applying all or none - rather than applying just what is necessary to slow the required amount and coasting when possible. But then that is how some people drive an ice, slam on the accelerator, speed to the next traffic light, slam on the brakes.
I've reported also that I use about the same energy per mile on trips whether there are hills or not, as long as the route has about zero NET elevation change. In that case climbing 4500 ft makes little difference in energy/mile. The simple calculation I posted here a while back also predicts that, but the aggressiveness of braking is a fairly small effect, saving just a bit more energy due to less loss due to work against drag and rolling resistance forces as the vehicle is slowed compared to slowing at say 2x slower rate. Not worth worrying about though unless you are a hypermiler. -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Re-Driving-a-Leaf-from-Regenerative-braking-tp4682631p4682632.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 Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
