Audi e-tron - you-ll be amazed how much it can recharge rolling downhill - carwow
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Date: 2022-04-11
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Robs
I love how uneducated everyone in the comments are. I'm guessing never even driven any electric car. All hybrids can do this. this video shows nothing special. It; s called regenerative breaking. Tesla gains miles driving any downhill path without using the breaks. Everyone talking about how mainstream car companies are going to kill Tesla don't know how far ahead Tesla actually is with their technology. Have you seen the specs on the roadster? 620 miles single charge? 0-60 1. 9 seconds for the base model? The tech they have for their screen, navigation and interface is by far the best. The most important thing is this, Tesla has FREE over the air software updates, installing, updating, and unlocking features as long as you own the car, making it better with features and tech as you drive it. They also have over 10, 000 superchargers in the U. S. and tons in Europe. Not only have they achieved the highest safety ratings literally EVER, (google model X safety) but their autonomous is by far the greatest thing ever despite what losers click baiting Tesla on the media say. They haven't driven it. Most customers that walk into stores reluctant to even try autopilot based on what they read on the news, end up ordering it after their test drive. The funniest part about all of this, Tesla has no marketing team, they have no advertisements anywhere. Customers that come back or new shoppers that walk in, do so because of word of mouth. If that doesn't show that the car sells itself, I don't know what does.
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I love how uneducated everyone in the comments are. I'm guessing never even driven any electric car. All hybrids can do this. this video shows nothing special. It; s called regenerative breaking. Tesla gains miles driving any downhill path without using the breaks. Everyone talking about how mainstream car companies are going to kill Tesla don't know how far ahead Tesla actually is with their technology. Have you seen the specs on the roadster? 620 miles single charge? 0-60 1. 9 seconds for the base model? The tech they have for their screen, navigation and interface is by far the best. The most important thing is this, Tesla has FREE over the air software updates, installing, updating, and unlocking features as long as you own the car, making it better with features and tech as you drive it. They also have over 10, 000 superchargers in the U. S. and tons in Europe. Not only have they achieved the highest safety ratings literally EVER, (google model X safety) but their autonomous is by far the greatest thing ever despite what losers click baiting Tesla on the media say. They haven't driven it. Most customers that walk into stores reluctant to even try autopilot based on what they read on the news, end up ordering it after their test drive. The funniest part about all of this, Tesla has no marketing team, they have no advertisements anywhere. Customers that come back or new shoppers that walk in, do so because of word of mouth. If that doesn't show that the car sells itself, I don't know what does.
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Peter
Jamobu Wadeji
Wrong, Tesla is way ahead. Automotive industry just wants to stay with Gas engines as they are profiting from them. I'd say this Audi EV is sold at a loss and they are selling them low volume. 20, 000 cars in a year? That's a month for model 3 or 15 days if they get to 10, 000 model 3 per week.
Why? Because 20, 000 per year is just enough to assure that some losses is essential to make the company looks like they care about the environment as a compliance car.
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Jamobu Wadeji
Wrong, Tesla is way ahead. Automotive industry just wants to stay with Gas engines as they are profiting from them. I'd say this Audi EV is sold at a loss and they are selling them low volume. 20, 000 cars in a year? That's a month for model 3 or 15 days if they get to 10, 000 model 3 per week.
Why? Because 20, 000 per year is just enough to assure that some losses is essential to make the company looks like they care about the environment as a compliance car.
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Peter
Regenerative braking is far from revolutionary. Every hybrid and EV has it. What makes Audi's implementation better than other EVs? The coasting feature was mentioned, but whether that's a pro or con is questionable.
I'm glad to see Audi, Porsche, Jaguar, and others have finally followed Tesla's lead, producing compelling long range EVs with liquid cooled flat battery packs, multi-motor AWD, and fast charging. But please tell us the pros and cons of each.
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Regenerative braking is far from revolutionary. Every hybrid and EV has it. What makes Audi's implementation better than other EVs? The coasting feature was mentioned, but whether that's a pro or con is questionable.
I'm glad to see Audi, Porsche, Jaguar, and others have finally followed Tesla's lead, producing compelling long range EVs with liquid cooled flat battery packs, multi-motor AWD, and fast charging. But please tell us the pros and cons of each.
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Roberto
6: 13 wrong!
Instead of controlling it with the brake pedal, you control it with the throttle. In a tesla for example, you get max regen of you lift your foot from the throttle, but if you push it just a bit, you reduce the amount of regeneration - till you get to the point where you can coat forever. I prefer this over using the brake pedal all day. One pedal driving is just a joy.
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6: 13 wrong!
Instead of controlling it with the brake pedal, you control it with the throttle. In a tesla for example, you get max regen of you lift your foot from the throttle, but if you push it just a bit, you reduce the amount of regeneration - till you get to the point where you can coat forever. I prefer this over using the brake pedal all day. One pedal driving is just a joy.
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FunctionForm
I'd still like to see a real world test of a Tesla or other electric car like this Audi traveling from Denver to Vail in a snowstorm, with heavy traffic, at night with the headlights and heater on. I would need to know the car could make the 100 mile distance in stop and go traffic without any issues before I would ever consider buying one.
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I'd still like to see a real world test of a Tesla or other electric car like this Audi traveling from Denver to Vail in a snowstorm, with heavy traffic, at night with the headlights and heater on. I would need to know the car could make the 100 mile distance in stop and go traffic without any issues before I would ever consider buying one.
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Freek
I really like the e-tron, but the door mirrors being cameras is just a gimmick, it doesn-t serve any purpose other than looking futuristic. I can see the point in having a digital interior mirror (like those in some new Cadillacs, as they can be obstructed by headrests and whatnot, but digital side mirrors? That-s unnecessarily overcomplicated.
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I really like the e-tron, but the door mirrors being cameras is just a gimmick, it doesn-t serve any purpose other than looking futuristic. I can see the point in having a digital interior mirror (like those in some new Cadillacs, as they can be obstructed by headrests and whatnot, but digital side mirrors? That-s unnecessarily overcomplicated.
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autos
Whilst it is impressive that over 30km they regenerated enough energy to travel 60km, you must remember that on the way up this hill they used that same 60km worth of range to travel only 30km. They probably used a bit more too, as nothing is 100% efficient so they would not have recouperated all 100% of the energy used to get up the hill.
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Whilst it is impressive that over 30km they regenerated enough energy to travel 60km, you must remember that on the way up this hill they used that same 60km worth of range to travel only 30km. They probably used a bit more too, as nothing is 100% efficient so they would not have recouperated all 100% of the energy used to get up the hill.
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Andy
This is very similar to how a train braking system works. Bias towards motor braking to save brake pads.
Only problem is most trains don't have batteries to charge in to and have to dump the load in to a resistor bank and waste the energy as heat.
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This is very similar to how a train braking system works. Bias towards motor braking to save brake pads.
Only problem is most trains don't have batteries to charge in to and have to dump the load in to a resistor bank and waste the energy as heat.
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ApeWatchingTV
I've always been saying Tesla will be in trouble once the mainstream companies come in. First movers advantage helped Tesla, but they didn't make enough use out of it and they may well be first to move and first to fail in this new market.
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I've always been saying Tesla will be in trouble once the mainstream companies come in. First movers advantage helped Tesla, but they didn't make enough use out of it and they may well be first to move and first to fail in this new market.
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EdovsAlien
Regenerative braking is nothing new, every electric car has it. And if you are rolling downhill you had to go up first and lose all of that energy, soo if you gained 60km of range by going downhill you've lost about 80 km of range by going up
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Regenerative braking is nothing new, every electric car has it. And if you are rolling downhill you had to go up first and lose all of that energy, soo if you gained 60km of range by going downhill you've lost about 80 km of range by going up
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