Glossary / General

regen

32 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

It’s a way the car recovers energy when you slow down, helping recharge the battery instead of wasting that power as heat.

Technical Definition

Regen refers to regenerative braking, which captures kinetic energy during deceleration and stores it in the battery.

Hear It Discussed

"there's one kind of glaring omission which is there's no regen at all ... you are using the friction brakes quite often in this car which is the first time I've ever experienced that in EV"
An Actually Usable VW Bus: The Kindred EV Bus — Carmudgeon Ep 241 w/ Jason Cammisa & Derek Tam-Scott The Carmudgeon Show 30:21

"It has this really cool feature where you twist the throttle forward away from you, which applies regen as a break. Yeah. Like it has, it has a three setting like auto regen."
Whose Fault?; EV Moto Opinion Change; Q&A The Smoking Tire 22:52

"The system obviously lets the vehicle break to a complete stop through regen alone rather than doing the last couple of miles an hour by depressing the brake pedal."
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