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      09-18-2020, 01:04 PM   #111
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Originally Posted by biterror View Post
How is it not true? Sure, the car charges the battery when you slow down, but if regeneration lasts for a few seconds and the alternator can only charge at, say, 2 kW, the amount of energy recovered is pretty small. (And the battery may not use too many amps to charge unless it's real empty.)
Read the article and it should be clear.
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