MPH of regenerative braking?

Patrick W · Apr 16, 2015

If I understand things correclty "MPH" means how many miles one can get from an hour of charging? Correct? (with all of the abbreviations used on the forum it would be handy if there were a "Definitions of Abbreviations" FAQ)

Is there a rule of thumb for the MPH resulting from regenerative braking?

Put another way, if one is coasting downhill and using regenerative braking for a given period of time can one estimate how many miles the braking puts back in the battery during that period of time?

mikeash · Apr 16, 2015

10kW is officially 30MPH of charging speed, so just look at your regen meter and see what you get. If you hit the peak of 60kW, then your regen charging is about 180MPH for whatever brief period you can sustain that.

Patrick W · Apr 16, 2015

Ok, no sooner did I post that than the system suggested I look at:
Does the range ever go up during regenerative braking?

Pretty much answers my questions, but why didn't that thread come up when I did a search before posting for regenerative braking?

jerry33 · Apr 17, 2015

Patrick W said:
Pretty much answers my questions, but why didn't that thread come up when I did a search before posting for regenerative braking?

Because the search function at TMC is pathetic. To find anything at all you need to use advanced search (the simple search box never ever works, and never has), but you can't use a string in quotes to narrow the search, and usually it takes multiple tries to get the search term it likes.

SabrToothSqrl · Apr 17, 2015

jerry33 said:
Because the search function at TMC is pathetic. To find anything at all you need to use advanced search (the simple search box never ever works, and never has), but you can't use a string in quotes to narrow the search, and usually it takes multiple tries to get the search term it likes.

Agreed. for such a tech savvy group, why does the search box suck so much? You could type in Tesla, and I bet it still can't find it.

LetsGoFast · Apr 17, 2015

SabrToothSqrl said:
Agreed. for such a tech savvy group, why does the search box suck so much? You could type in Tesla, and I bet it still can't find it.

The forum software is written by a third party, like basically every discussion forum on the net. The software used here (vbulletin) is good for what it does, but not very good at searching. Some of this is actually a problem with MySQL, which is where your messages are actually stored and some of this is because search is just a side function for these kind of programs.

jerry33 · Apr 17, 2015

LetsGoFast said:
The forum software is written by a third party, like basically every discussion forum on the net. The software used here (vbulletin) is good for what it does, but not very good at searching. Some of this is actually a problem with MySQL, which is where your messages are actually stored and some of this is because search is just a side function for these kind of programs.

Agreed, but it doesn't change how well search doesn't work

brianman · Apr 17, 2015

Patrick W said:
(with all of the abbreviations used on the forum it would be handy if there were a "Definitions of Abbreviations" FAQ)

EV Acronyms - Tesla Motors Club - Enthusiasts & Owners Forum

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jerry33 said:
Agreed, but it doesn't change how well search doesn't work

The "simple" search you refer to is, presumably, the search field next to the magnifying glass that you can do with "type + 1 click". The's google search. Apparently those guys don't know how to write a useful search engine compared to the authors of "Advanced Search".

Patrick W · Apr 17, 2015

brianman said:
EV Acronyms - Tesla Motors Club - Enthusiasts & Owners Forum

Just what I was looking for. Thanks. Was surprised, though, that the list does not seem to include MPH (Miles Per Hour of charge).

ra-san · Apr 18, 2015

brianman said:
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The "simple" search you refer to is, presumably, the search field next to the magnifying glass that you can do with "type + 1 click". The's google search. Apparently those guys don't know how to write a useful search engine compared to the authors of "Advanced Search".

You'd think they were a bunch of yahoos!

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