05-16-2018, 11:51 PM
RAMd®d wrote: I would be one, but I am familiar with regenerative braking. I just never thought it applied a significant (aggressive) braking force. I equated it with older ICE cars that didn't have the idle set to 1100rpm or whatever. You back off the gas and you could feel it slow, but never at a rate I'd consider as touching a brake pedal.
I really would like a Volt. I see them all the time and mainly on the freeways. I always wonder how far they're going and the state of charge. They're never in the 'slow' lane and they're moving smartly.
Regen in our Volt is pretty aggressive. It takes some practice or your passengers will complain. But then many people mash the Go pedal hard every time the light turns green and then do the same with the Stop pedal as they approach a red light at the very next corner.
My brother-in-law does not rest his right heel on the floor when he drives so the vehicle is always and abruptly changing speeds every time he hits a bump or twitches or whatever which, after awhile, makes me car sick. It has the same effect on my sister so she always drives when they go somewhere together.
You adjust with practice. In five years all new cars will have batteries and regen. Sell your oil stocks now.