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Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks by martijnvds on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @03:22AM (#35353771)
You regain a bunch of miles on the way down though, through gravity and regenerative braking.
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Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks by jjav on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @03:39AM (#35353875)
Unfortunately, very little.

I went back to look for my notes on this and this is what I experienced: The Fiat would use up about 30-40 miles of indicated range to go uphill less than 10 miles. But it would only regenerate 2-3 miles (of indicated range) on the downhill side.

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Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks by djaychela on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @08:38AM (#35356346)
Not my experience in my Zoe. You get nearly all of it back on the long climb and then descent which I often used to do before I moved.
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