No regen braking
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Joined: Nov 2006
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From: Boston
Re: No regen braking
I have not seen any solar powered heaters. And I agree with your line of thought, batteries prefer warm temps as opposed to cold temps. From my years of experience, all my past jump starts occurred in the winter. As a side note on the regen issue, when my regen stops working because of too much heat, I turn the ac on (without recirculate) and point the two center air outlets directly up and straight back. The regen begins to function properly withing 5 minutes.
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Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 205
Re: No regen braking
As far a comfort level, I do not see a significant difference. I only use recirculate when I first get in the car when it is extremely hot. After 5-10 minutes I will take recirculate off and turn on the auto mode. I no longer use recirculate while driving (summer or winter) for that reason alone.
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Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 101
Re: No regen braking
Does anyone have experience of no regen charging when it is NOT hot out? Mine seemed to work great as I got home after running farther up the hill to roll back down a bit to get a good charge before stopping but then when i headed out an hour later, no regen from braking AND it seemed to get into ICE mode much too easily. I could turn off the car and return it on and the charging would work for a short burst then it would be zero at the next braking. I started braking softer, thinking perhaps something was up with my brakes as I do hear some squeeling as i brake recent days, but unsure that its related. Anyone? thanks in advance and sorry to the OP for the sidetrack but I am hoping it is related.
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