As I’m soon headed for a road trip thru some mountain passes, I was wondering… To maximize my ev range, am I best to coast down long grades, or keep on the power, and have regen get some action in?
Thanks.
As I’m soon headed for a road trip thru some mountain passes, I was wondering… To maximize my ev range, am I best to coast down long grades, or keep on the power, and have regen get some action in?
Thanks.
I’ve got to admit, it sounds like a strange question to me. When I went driving in the mountains, I used the one-pedal driving (the only way my Tesla is set up), and I went the speed that I wanted to go (not super fast), and the car recovered whatever energy it was going to recover, and it was all good.
When I was at the top of Pikes Peak (a very fun drive BTW), I had 16% battery charge. By the time I made it down to Colorado Springs, it was reading 28%.
I also went over Guanella Pass, another fun drive, and at the observation stop, at the highest point of the pass, I parked next to a Leaf. I was surprised to see it there, and the driver admitted that was about the end of its range, but he didn’t seem concerned at all about getting home. Well, no wonder. . . I mean, if it was all downhill, then no problem.
I agree with you… 100%.
As part of this drive will be through the desert to Las Vegas, I want to try to maximize my range - just in case. For those who haven’t driven out there, you can go for miles without any exit whatsoever. And some of the exits there’s little to no chance of getting charging. So I figured this would be the group to ask the question about how to best handle significant long downward hills.
Based upon the number of responses, there are differences of opinion!