My 2017 Chevy Bolt will regen to a complete stop. I rarely touch the brake pedal to impede forward progress more than once or twice a week.
Ed > On Mar 4, 2020, at 5:36 AM, Rod Hower via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not sure how this can save much energy if you have regen. My 2014 Chevy > Volt has 95,000 miles and the brake pads are like new. The only time I use > the brakes is at the very end of stopping and holding the vehicle at a > traffic light so it doesn't creep forward. > On Wednesday, March 4, 2020, 01:31:49 AM EST, evln via EV > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > https://thebrakereport.com/warner-electrics-brake-design-extends-ev-range/ > Warner Electric’s Brake Design Extends EV Range > March 2, 2020 IVT > > [image > https://thebrakereport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Screenshot-2020-02-27-at-17.14.40-702x459-1.png > Warner Electric’s new brake design extends EV range / IVT > ] > > KINGSTON, Mass. – Warner Electric, a leading brand of Altra Industrial > Motion Corp., has developed a new electromagnetic brake that greatly reduces > power consumption during operation. > > The SSPB pulse brake is highly efficient and well suited to electric vehicle > applications – increasing range while controlling soft stops proficiently. > > Power saving is an important consideration in most applications, but none > more so than the electric vehicle market. OEMs are battling to maximize the > effective range of electric vehicles to gain an operational and market > advantage. Increasing efficiency and reducing visits to the charge point are > of paramount importance. > > The longer the range, the more productive, practical and cost-effective the > vehicle becomes. With finite battery power to work with, focus is now > turning to reducing the power consumption of auxiliary vehicle systems to > further improve vehicle range. > > Warner Electric has leveraged its extensive experience as a global > electromagnetic brake OEM to deliver an efficient braking solution to meet > these requirements. The SSPB is designed to preserve battery life via its > reduced power consumption. This Bi-stable brake relies on pulses of current > to operate the brake, offering a distinct advantage over other devices. > > Usually, electromagnetic brakes require a constant power supply to be held > open, therefore the brake is consuming energy whenever it isn’t controlling > a stop. The SSPB brake reduces this energy consumption by relying on a > single, short pulse of current to open or close, eliminating the need for a > constant power supply. One pulse will be sent to close the brake and come to > a stop, another to open them and start moving. > > As a result of this efficiency, the vehicle’s finite amount of stored energy > can be used for other functions. This can serve to greatly increase range, > improving the viability of electric vehicles in many new industries or > environments. The power saving features benefit both pure electric vehicles > and hybrid-electric systems. > [© thebrakereport.com] > ... > https://www.ivtinternational.com/news/hybrid-electric-vehicles/breakthrough-brake-design-extends-electric-vehicle-range.html > Breakthrough brake design extends electric vehicle range > 27th February 2020 ... > > > + > https://www.yourmoney.com/household-bills/electric-vehicle-charge-points-at-supermarkets-double-in-two-years/ > Electric vehicle charge points at supermarkets double in two years > 02/03/2020 The number of electric vehicle charge points at supermarkets has > doubled in the ... Waitrose has 49 out of 349 stores with EV charge points, > representing 14%. > https://www.yourmoney.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/Supermarket-EV-charge-points.png > > > > > For EVLN EV-newswire posts view: > http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > https://mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > > {brucedp.neocities.org} > > -- > Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20200304/ad511fd6/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
