Question on regen …

[Yves]

So something I noticed, my car will always do a slight regen when I get of the accelerator, so it actually never really coasts without mee trying to find the exact point on the accelerator, pretty annoying.
So did I miss a setting somewhere or is this default experience?

 

[CandianPorsche83]

is Thrust Recuperation on? I think coasting only works if it’s off. Regen from pressing the bracks is suppose to still work when it’s “off”

• Coasting is defined as rolling without braking effect.
  Coasting becomes active when the foot is completely removed from the accelerator pedal and there is no large slope. The thrust recuperation must be switched off for this.
• The vehicle is slightly decelerated via the thrust recuperation.
  Thrust recuperation kicks in as soon as the driver’s foot is lifted from the accelerator pedal, and decelerates the vehicle. The thrust recuperation must be switched on.

 

[Diego]

Without the regen option turned on my car coasts perfectly

 

[Awaz]

I like the way the car coasts. It just glides, even on flat roads.
But I wonder if Thrust Recuperation is better for regen or by braking + coasting.

 

[Yves]

is Thrust Recuperation on? I think coasting only works if it’s off. Regen from pressing the bracks is suppose to still work when it’s “off”

• Coasting is defined as rolling without braking effect.
  Coasting becomes active when the foot is completely removed from the accelerator pedal and there is no large slope. The thrust recuperation must be switched off for this.
• The vehicle is slightly decelerated via the thrust recuperation.
  Thrust recuperation kicks in as soon as the driver’s foot is lifted from the accelerator pedal, and decelerates the vehicle. The thrust recuperation must be switched on.

I did not know this and took me a while to find it, was looking in the menu as per manual in the car, turned out to be a less then ideal translation and it was just an icon
Anyway drove the same 50km part highway part b roads … tried to replicate same driving style / speed … very unscientifically … but with trust recuperation 21.4kwh/100km coasting 20.2kwh/100km
Anyway I find this way more relaxing for driving,
So Thanks!

 

[krissrock]

yes, this is working as designed. If you have regen on, as soon as you let of the throttle, it starts regen'ing and slows the car down.
personally, i think the regen is too much. I would like it to be less so that car slows down less...even if it less regen to the battery...
but if you want the car to coast, just turn it off.... the car will coast forever!!!
this is actually my preference

I hope Porsche gives us an option on Regen strength in the future

 

[W1NGE]

is Thrust Recuperation on? I think coasting only works if it’s off. Regen from pressing the bracks is suppose to still work when it’s “off”

• Coasting is defined as rolling without braking effect.
  Coasting becomes active when the foot is completely removed from the accelerator pedal and there is no large slope. The thrust recuperation must be switched off for this.
• The vehicle is slightly decelerated via the thrust recuperation.
  Thrust recuperation kicks in as soon as the driver’s foot is lifted from the accelerator pedal, and decelerates the vehicle. The thrust recuperation must be switched on.

Thrust?

Overrun recuperation I think is what you mean? Same as an ICE vehicle when you lift off the throttle and experience engine braking.

 

[W1NGE]

I like the way the car coasts. It just glides, even on flat roads.
But I wonder if Thrust Recuperation is better for regen or by braking + coasting.

Coasting is more efficient overall even though it doesn't provide the potential to add any energy back to the battery.

Brake recuperation adds more back to the battery than overrun (no such thing as thrust) recuperation. The harder you brake the more energy add back.

 

[Awaz]

Brake recuperation adds more back to the battery than overrun (no such thing as thrust) recuperation. The harder you brake the more energy add back.

Good to know. This is what I wanted to find out.
Thanks.

 

[krissrock]

(no such thing as thrust)

"thrust recuperation" is what Porsche calls it in the manual ...

 

[krissrock]

yeah, i think coasting (thrust recuperation off) seems to be more efficient because with regen on, you'll have to stay on the throttle longer to "coast" to a particular distance because the braking effect is so strong.

with regen off, you'll be able to get off the throttle much earlier and go a further distance without using any energy.
These are the types of test (videos) i'd love to see @outofspeckyle

 

[Throb]

I like the way the car coasts. It just glides, even on flat roads.
But I wonder if Thrust Recuperation is better for regen or by braking + coasting.

Definitely it's more efficient to coast than regen because the energy needed to get back up to speed is more than you gain from regen. If you knew a way to counter this then you would have invented the perfectly efficient machine, which defies the laws of physics. This is the same for any car. The benefit of regen comes from when you have no choice but to brake and you harvest what would be otherwise lost energy.

 

[CandianPorsche83]

Thrust?

Overrun recuperation I think is what you mean? Same as an ICE vehicle when you lift off the throttle and experience engine braking.

I was just quoting the manual. It’s what Porsche calls it. The bullet points are directly from manual.

 

[evdriver2016]

I can’t wait until Porsche just lets you have the one pedal driving setting.
Its inevitable.

 

[W1NGE]

"thrust recuperation" is what Porsche calls it in the manual ...

Not the one I'm reading - Taycan and Macan EV.

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