Charging electric car
With the continued proliferation of electric cars, I wonder if RV manufacturers are working toward a way my RV can charge a Tesla, or other electric vehicle, while plugged into shore power, or on the ...
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joebedford wrote:
I wasn't going to create energy out of thin air. I could be wrong but I thought that regenerative braking uses the motors as generators thereby causing drag which slows the vehicle. I wasn't suggesting engaging traditional brakes (I assume EVs have those in addition to regenerative brakes).
Yes, they have to have traditional brakes as well. Regenerative brakes only work when the wheels are turning. When the wheels stop turning, those regenerative brakes also cease offering any resistance to further turning. So while you can get almost entirely to a stop, you need traditional brakes to keep from rolling away (albeit at low speed) from a stop.
