Regen braking and petrol engine battery recharge rate in PHEV
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2018 1:33 pm
I'm curious about how much power (in KW) both the regen braking and the petrol engine are capable of putting back into my PHEV battery whenever they are used. The regen capability for BEV was mentioned on a podcast I was listening to this week and it got me thinking about how well the Niro PHEV performs in this area.
I can't see it published anywhere.
Now, I know that the regen will vary depending on road conditions, geography and how hard I'm braking, but there's one particularly steep hill I use on my commute that almost always gives me an extra 1-2 miles back in my EV range just within a few minutes of reaching the bottom and coasting to the motorway entrance junction. I say "1-2" when in reality it will be a fraction over 1 as the range may have only just dropped by a unit at the top of the hill.
When I tested the sports-mode petrol-only recharging a while back, it added range back really quite quickly. I've lost the numbers I made a note of, but I remember seeing the range increase by one every few minutes of country road and motorway driving.
As I said, just curious...
I can't see it published anywhere.
Now, I know that the regen will vary depending on road conditions, geography and how hard I'm braking, but there's one particularly steep hill I use on my commute that almost always gives me an extra 1-2 miles back in my EV range just within a few minutes of reaching the bottom and coasting to the motorway entrance junction. I say "1-2" when in reality it will be a fraction over 1 as the range may have only just dropped by a unit at the top of the hill.
When I tested the sports-mode petrol-only recharging a while back, it added range back really quite quickly. I've lost the numbers I made a note of, but I remember seeing the range increase by one every few minutes of country road and motorway driving.
As I said, just curious...