Stonehauler
Well-Known Member
Yes, I do know what brake fade is, which is why I said what I did.Do you not realize what brake fade is? It has nothing to do with engine power or power loss....its from the brakes not being able to cool down enough and it looses clamping force....generally boiling the brake fluid and glazing/destroying pads
EVs turn motors into generators during braking, so as long as you can handle the electrical energy being generated and stash it somewhere, the brake pads will not be engaging much, if at all during braking. This process is call regenerative braking.
That's why I said transferring that energy into a large capacitor which can handle a lot of energy being dumped into it. Thus, you are not "wasting" energy by turning kinetic energy into heat via the brakes, but taking that energy and storing back into a battery/capacitor system. Thus, the brakes are not being used as much, reducing the possibility of brake fade from repeated frequent usage of brakes during a spirited drive in the twisties.
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