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0ops@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Some cars have ‘hard’ regenerative braking but yea, it’s rare

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- 0ops@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Regen is just an electric car thing though, no? And EVs (with very few exceptions) don’t have a transmission at all?
  
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  - ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Regen has been on trains for a long time, fwiw.
    
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    0ops@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    True but again, most modern trains don’t have the internal combustion engine directly delivering power to the wheels, they’re hybrids where the engine is essentially just a generator powering an electric drivetrain. You can’t have regen without a place to put that regenerated electricity, engine braking is distinct as that energy goes toward compressing air in the cylinders and generating heat that just goes out the exhaust as waste.
    
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  - FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Uhhh that sounds right
    
    To be fair I know close to nothing about cars and mechanics
    
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    0ops@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Haha no worries
    
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