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Re:Gas Engines, and the People Behind Them, Are Cast Aside f... by Taniwha on Saturday July 24, 2021 @11:45PM (#27946518)
Depends on a bunch of things - how hard are you pressing on the brakes? above a certain threshold you're going to exceed the max current of the electrical subsystems and the traditional brakes will kick in (you don't WANT to hit that truck do you) - also once the battery is full the regen system has nowhere to dump that energy, my Prius behaves slightly differently as it switches over from regen braking once the battery is full.
Re:Gas Engines, and the People Behind Them, Are Cast Aside f... by serpix on Sunday July 25, 2021 @02:27AM (#27947194)
Prius and other Toyota hybrids actually burn gasoline going downhill. Try it. Put B and go downhill and observe the consumption, the engine is on and burning gas.