Re:GM plans electric van for business users
by WorldMaker on Thursday June 04, 2020 @02:04PM
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Prius and Fusion are bad examples of how much power a BEV can draw back from regen breaking back into the battery as Prius and Fusion have rather pitiful battery sizes and electronics compared to a typical BEV battery at this point. Current BEVs with "fast charging" electronics in ideal conditions can pull in a lot of regen power even in "slam the brakes" scenarios. The remaining trade-off there now is no longer what the battery can pull off of the regen brakes but that in the case of an emergency braking, physical brakes are still safer than regen brakes.
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Re:GM plans electric van for business users
by coredog64 on Thursday June 04, 2020 @02:12PM
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Prius also can only handle regen above 3-5mph (or something like that. Not going to haul out the owners manual for HN)
Well, sure, the Prius does not handle high-torque situations well. You're not going to be pulling a pickup truck out of the mud with it. It's not a great working car - you can't even jump-start another vehicle with it. That's an edge case for most drivers, though.