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08.13.2008, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by J3110 View Post
You're adding weight as well. Regenerative braking is about all you can really scavenge without dtrimentally affecting drive efficiency.
Which - if I recall properly from one of the CC threads the MMM has in it. Patrick was talking about the motor braking producing so much back current that there was no way the heatsink could dissipate it so the braking energy goes back into the battery.


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