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if your only use case is to disengage the regen braking you should probably just have a regen braking disable function, a clutch is an awfully complicated way t
by idiotsecant 4y ago
if your only use case is to disengage the regen braking you should probably just have a regen braking disable function, a clutch is an awfully complicated way to achieve that. You could literally have a software 'clutch' pedal that did nothing other than disable the regen if that was your goal.
Although on the other hand the clutch does have a nice property, which is that it works regardless of the state of the control system of the vehicle. If my MCU decides it wants to accelerate me at 500 mph into a wall a hardware clutch would be a nice thing to have!
W.r.t gearboxes in EVs: there is definitely a reason to have a transmission in an EV, it's just that most manufacturers don't include one for simplicity .
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- sprior 4y agoThat's what I meant. One thing I appreciate about a manual transmission car with its clutch pedal is the ability to coast, not accelerating but not slowing down like regenerative braking would.
- pa7ch 4y agoAgreed I want the ability to smoothly switch between coasting and different levels of regen in an EV. A clutch pedal would be a cool way to do it. I've imagined a large dial or lever where a shifter would normally be.