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Does the brake software fix work?

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Technical Discussion' started by Dark_matter_doesn't, Feb 5, 2010.

  1. brad_rules_man

    brad_rules_man Hybrid electric revolutionizer

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    Exactly, I want to hear some replies on this one. Does the regeneration seem to be just as strong? What does the efficiency meter say? I can't wait to hear from some of the veterans that really track their mpg's and watch things obsessively. :) If I get confirmation that it's ok then I will get it updated.
     
  2. tumbleweed

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    I too have concerns about the effect on regeneration and the control of regeneration with the brake pedal. I have decided to wait a while and see what others discover. Once it's done there is no going back.
     
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    As far as I'm concerned the regeneration slowing the car down is stronger then it was on the 2007. I can feel a significant difference. Accelerating or decelerating using Cruise Control also has a noticable stronger effect--but I don't think this is regeneration--just something I noticed. Is the acceleration/deceleration rate with the CC adjustable? If you use the CC to speed up or slow down does it figure best fulel economy to your new speed?
     
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    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    It is a speed control only. I have not accurately measured the cruise control acceleration rate in the ZVW30 but this is what I found resume speed does in the NHW11:
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    There were some questions about pulse and glide in the ZVW30 at speeds above the hybrid mode, 46 mph, and I recorded some data. Unlike my GPS mouse that reports data in 1 second intervals, this data comes from a Garmin nuvi which uses a larger, variable reporting rate. This makes an accurate record of the acceleration rate difficult. My memory was the acceleration rate was constant on each "pulse:"
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    The only way I found to change the acceleration rate was to modulate the accelerator to hold a target HSI power setting:
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    Bob Wilson