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spoon059 wrote:

Reisender wrote:
superior breaking with almost all of it regenerative braking and totally quiet and effortless.

So I'm not too familiar with the regenerative braking system. Can you explain a little about it? I'm assuming it isn't traditional rotors and pads that create heat, but resistance motors that recharge a battery.

Does that create any heat?

Does regenerative braking eventually wear out going down a long steep hill?

Does it provide sufficient braking for a heavier trailer? I'm imagining my Ram with exhaust braking that literally requires no manual effort on my part and keeps my speed down with ease.

Regenerative breaking is just the motors acting as generators and recharging the battery on the way down a hill. Theoretically you run out of regenerative breaking when the battery is full although that has never happened to me in 7 years of driving EV’s.

We tow a small trailer with an SUV. I can’t comment on heavier trailers as I haven’t experienced that.