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Originally Posted by PeterPuitG
To be honest, I wouldnt put it in charge battery as it will charge also when adding a bit of ICE power on the flat bits. Only a continuous descent could be done in save battery mode.
In any case, light to moderate braking is the generator, only harder braking are the discs, so you will be charging quite a bit on a downhill stretch in any operating mode, and in the uphill stretches, the battery will assist in case needed so no need for sport mode per se.
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Good information. I'd need to experiment. Take the scenario where the battery was almost fully depleted at the summit and I began a 31 mile steep stretch down the mountain pulling a trailer. If the 45e were just in hybrid mode and I were lightly to moderately braking the whole way down the mountain pass for 1/2 hour, I wonder how much charge I'd put on the battery?