Electric and Electrified Vehicles

A final hodgepodge of regen braking questions

Regen braking Our search for common regen braking questions turned up several that require only the following short answers. —…

1 year ago

The Niro is a summertime EV efficiency champ

EV efficiency EV efficiency, measured in miles per kWh (m/kWh), comes up short in the vast majority of electric vehicles.…

1 year ago

Misunderstanding regenerative “brakes”

Regenerative "brakes" In researching common questions about regenerative "brakes", it became clear that there are serious misconceptions about the topic,…

1 year ago

How much energy does regenerative braking recover?

Regenerative braking So just how much energy does regenerative braking recover? Well, there's quite a bit of information floating around…

1 year ago

Regenerative braking returns to brake rotor issues

Regenerative braking I decided I wanted to answer some common questions about regenerative braking and did some Google searches. AI…

1 year ago

So I got regenerative braking wrong

Regenerative braking I recall listening to the owner of the last car dealer I worked for explaining regenerative braking in…

1 year ago

Kia HV battery care tips include charging to 100%!

HV Battery care tips The Kia Access app was finally made available about a week ago for the Kia Niro,…

1 year ago

Burnish the brakes?

Burnish We ran into something very curious while finishing our Tesla updates. It was a suggestion to burnish the brakes…

1 year ago

German study finds a breakdown weak link between ICE vehicles and EVs

Breakdown weak link We've done two recent posts related to 12 volt start batteries over the last several months and…

1 year ago

Another Get Out update, where is @NHTSA?

Get Out No, not the movie, our Get Out update relates to a page we put up years ago after…

2 years ago