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I would very much like a manner to manually adjust how hard the regenerative coasting works, which would sort of be a replacement for gears. If I'm going down a steep hill I'd like to be able to adjust the regen to maximize energy recovery while also managing vehicle speed.
I recently bought an ebike that has peddle assist settings of 1-5. With 1 being lowest and 5 being maximum. These settings essentially act like gears setting the maximum motor power.
In crowded areas I set the speed to 1 so the bike can't exceed 15kph, on open roads I set the speed to 5 which is unlimited. I would definitely want this in a car.
Interesting. A car with peddle assist. I know that's not what you meant, but that's where my head went.
Right? Like why isn't there the ability for me to dictate power output from the motor rather than simply being on or off with speed being regulated via "things", breaks, accelerator, sensors, etc.
No, I was thinking about bike pedals in a car as an auxiliary power input.
Just a goofy thought.