• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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    8 days ago

    I didn’t think the regen could bring a car to a complete stop

    Yes, it can. Newer axial motors can actually put -700hp of stopping power per wheel, and the whole motor hub assembly weighs less than a brake assembly. All that energy was previously wasted as heat by braking.

    https://yasa.com/

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      8 days ago

      700hp of stopping power per wheel isn’t regen braking, that’s dumping battery power into a stopping force.

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        8 days ago

        What do you think the (-) means? No, braking like this does not use battery power. Read the link. YASA is a Cambridge scientist with a string of papers on axial hub motors, they have a massive resistive force.

        This isn’t SAE dipshits from Detroit.