Charging electric car

JRscooby wrote:

Reisender wrote:

Yah. Really it’s a matter of software and a brake pedal sensor for the Motorhome. Just a matter of someone writing it and the warranty thing.

In normal driving of the EV, you want to slow, step on the brake, does the regen start then? And can you lift your foot from the go and whoa pedals, coast for some distance? (Remember, I know I'm ignorant.)
And most brake systems use some system to move brake pedal of toad? Any brake systems that do not use input from the MH brake pedal?
Unless I'm way off on any of this, I would say it would take very little change in programming, the technology is there.
Now I can see it would take some re-programming, but not a lot of change, for the toad to help the MH. And likely some changes to MH. (At least something to let the car know it is behind it's MH so it would not try to ride that close to another vehicle.

So yes. Kind of. As soon as you take your foot off the pedal max regeneration occurs. However moderating your pressure on the accelerator controls the amount of regeneration. This is how EV’s with “one pedal driving” are able to do that. Everything is controlled from the go pedal. Completely removing your foot causes quite strong regeneration and fairly strong decelation. It will actually bring you to a stop. However the software engages the service brakes for the last few kmh as regen fades away. Of course you can always still use your service brake pedal for even faster braking. Brakes don’t get a lot of wear in an EV. Brakes are good for the life of a car.

Hope that helps.