Re:Tesla owner drives 452 miles on single charge
by waitwhatt on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @01:15AM
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No. The Model S will break the car for regen purposes if you are in gear. So you will lose speed but get a tiny bit more energy added to the battery. It's better to just go into neutral because that whole process is inefficient.
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Re:Tesla owner drives 452 miles on single charge
by kalleboo on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @01:23AM
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I haven't had the privilege of driving a Tesla, but I have driven a Volvo prototype electric car[0] and it had two modes. One "emulate a petrol car" mode where letting off the accelerator would simulate engine braking (via regen). Then it had a "highway mode" where letting off the accelerator would just coast as if it was in neutral. The highway mode meant you could avoid wasting your momentum on a highway due to slight foot movements in speed regulation.
Do Tesla cars have something like this?