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Too complicated, why not use a magnetic brake instead? The electric motor on hybrids essentially operates like a magnetic brake during regen. Works in 80% of th
by petre 3y ago
Too complicated, why not use a magnetic brake instead? The electric motor on hybrids essentially operates like a magnetic brake during regen. Works in 80% of the scenarios and for the rest of 20% we can just use the regular brakes.
- Tade0 3y agoOr run the motor in reverse in the final stage of braking. I drive a hybrid and, when parking, switch between drive and reverse even while still rolling the opposite direction as it's easy for the motor to deal with such loads.
- aaronax 3y agoI do the same in ICE cars with automatic transmissions and it seems just fine. I think the torque converter handles the opposition elegantly.