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My Toyota hybrid says it's charging the battery while coasting downhill: HOW????
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Date: November 7th, 2025 12:29 AM Author: bat-shit-crazy space If I'm touching the brakes, sure, regenerative braking should charge the battery. But when my foot is off both pedals, the car should just coast like it's in neutral. How is electricity being generated at that time? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794500&forum_id=2.#49409142) |
Date: November 7th, 2025 2:30 AM Author: cheese-eating scarlet stage wow you’re really dumb (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794500&forum_id=2.#49409190) |
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Date: November 7th, 2025 2:47 AM Author: stirring judgmental tanning salon does the gearing go opposite direction and generate electricity? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794500&forum_id=2.#49409194) |
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Date: November 7th, 2025 3:26 AM Author: cheese-eating scarlet stage the gas motor itself charges the batteries. don’t need to be in gear or in motion for that (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794500&forum_id=2.#49409198) |
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Date: November 7th, 2025 6:35 AM Author: bat-shit-crazy space No, the animation in the dash cluster shows the battery being charged from the wheels not the engine you tard. The engine isn't even running when it's going downhill. Goddamn you're stupid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794500&forum_id=2.#49409269) |
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Date: November 7th, 2025 9:14 AM Author: cheese-eating scarlet stage park the car for two hours in neutral and see what happens when the battery charge dips
hint: the wheels don’t have to move to recharge the battery |
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Date: November 7th, 2025 9:15 AM Author: bat-shit-crazy space Keep spinning Jared (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794500&forum_id=2.#49409410) |
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Date: November 7th, 2025 6:35 AM Author: bat-shit-crazy space lol@ this fat dumb bitch thinking he knows the answer. It's RSF of course (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794500&forum_id=2.#49409270) |
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Date: November 7th, 2025 7:24 AM Author: maniacal dun box office elastic band Aren’t you both Liberal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794500&forum_id=2.#49409293) |
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Date: November 7th, 2025 7:23 AM Author: maniacal dun box office elastic band In a gas powered car you can downshift when going downhill and barely use any fuel. The force of going downhill keeps the engine moving. You aren’t “in neutral” in an automatic or manual in that situation. Same principle in your hybrid. It’s using momentum to charge. And it takes more energy to go uphill than to climb a flat surface btw. What liberal art did you major in btw? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794500&forum_id=2.#49409291) |
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Date: November 7th, 2025 8:33 AM Author: bat-shit-crazy space I know what engine braking is and it generates friction. What is generating friction that recharges the battery when I coast in a hybrid? Is Toyota capturing waste heat from the tires? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794500&forum_id=2.#49409337) |
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Date: November 7th, 2025 7:23 AM Author: Curious Site lol at nsam driving a Prius (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794500&forum_id=2.#49409292) |
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Date: November 7th, 2025 8:35 AM Author: bat-shit-crazy space Prius is the best car ever made (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794500&forum_id=2.#49409339) |
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Date: November 7th, 2025 9:18 AM Author: bat-shit-crazy space This guy gets it, but why is this better than frictionless coasting?
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There is mild regen even when coasting (unless you actually switch the car into N) but obviously more if you depress the brake pedal.
Once the regen reaches the “off” line that’s when you know you’ve engaged the friction brakes.
I could do a deep dive into this as I find forced regen of any kind a detriment to efficiency, but I’ll suffice it to say this:
Coasting > regen braking > friction braking
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Date: November 7th, 2025 9:22 AM Author: razzmatazz base people who are hurt Get a load of this: your car can even MOVE ITSELF down a hill without any gas! Cons??? Libs??? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794500&forum_id=2.#49409426) |
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Date: November 7th, 2025 9:30 AM Author: bat-shit-crazy space Imagine if your gas tank refilled itself every time you coasted downhill (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5794500&forum_id=2.#49409458) |