Stamets@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 2 days agoI'll just take the buslemmy.worldimagemessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-square0ops@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoYeah but it’s not really feasible to use it at every corner and stop like you can a manual car. Engine braking in an auto is mostly just for doing long descents without riding the brakes too much
minus-squareFireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.frlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 days agoSome cars have ‘hard’ regenerative braking but yea, it’s rare (thinking about Tesla)
minus-square0ops@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoRegen is just an electric car thing though, no? And EVs (with very few exceptions) don’t have a transmission at all?
minus-squaressfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoRegen has been on trains for a long time, fwiw.
minus-squareFireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.frlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoUhhh that sounds right To be fair I know close to nothing about cars and mechanics
Yeah but it’s not really feasible to use it at every corner and stop like you can a manual car. Engine braking in an auto is mostly just for doing long descents without riding the brakes too much
Some cars have ‘hard’ regenerative braking but yea, it’s rare (thinking about Tesla)
Regen is just an electric car thing though, no? And EVs (with very few exceptions) don’t have a transmission at all?
Regen has been on trains for a long time, fwiw.
Uhhh that sounds right
To be fair I know close to nothing about cars and mechanics
Haha no worries