Re: [EVDL] Efficacy of regeneration to charge battery

2017-10-23 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
] Efficacy of regeneration to charge battery On 22 Oct 2017 at 21:02, davinder via EV wrote: > I am puzzling over how regeneration in ev charges the main battery. > Plug in charging takes 8-10 hour charging to top up the battery - so > when the vehicle is rolling down hill oe deacc

Re: [EVDL] Efficacy of regeneration to charge battery

2017-10-23 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 23 Oct 2017 at 15:19, EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: > He drove it over the Apls, Make that ALPS. Sorry. (Brusa is a Swiss company.) David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ =

Re: [EVDL] Efficacy of regeneration to charge battery

2017-10-23 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
> I am puzzling over how regeneration in ev charges the main battery. > Plug in charging takes 8-10 hour charging to top up the battery But only at 1.5 kW for L1, or maybe 6 kW at L2... But even the motor in the Prius is a 50 kW motor and so during maximum REGEN it can push 50 kW into the

Re: [EVDL] Efficacy of regeneration to charge battery

2017-10-23 Thread Lawrence Harris via EV
I see this all the time when I go up to the ski hill. I start about 80% at the bottom, arrive with 40% or so and then when I get back down I am back to 60% (all rough figures but in the ball park). Without the recovery on the way down I would probably need to stop and charge on the way home.

Re: [EVDL] Efficacy of regeneration to charge battery

2017-10-23 Thread paul dove via EV
: davinder via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> To: ev@lists.evdl.org Cc: davinder <davinder.dhan...@sky.com> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2017 11:48 AM Subject: [EVDL] Efficacy of regeneration to charge battery I am puzzling over how regeneration in ev charges the main battery. Plug in chargin

Re: [EVDL] Efficacy of regeneration to charge battery

2017-10-23 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
On 22 Oct 2017 at 21:02, davinder via EV wrote: > I am puzzling over how regeneration in ev charges the main battery. > Plug in charging takes 8-10 hour charging to top up the battery - so > when the vehicle is rolling down hill oe deaccelerating the 'charge > energy' is avalable for seconds or

[EVDL] Efficacy of regeneration to charge battery

2017-10-23 Thread davinder via EV
I am puzzling over how regeneration in ev charges the main battery. Plug in charging takes 8-10 hour charging to top up the battery - so when the vehicle is rolling down hill oe deaccelerating the 'charge energy' is avalable for seconds or minutes. Being new to conversions it would be interesting