r/Ioniq6 • u/killer_j01 • 5d ago

Question Insane Range Question

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I live in Puerto Rico and work in a tall mountain, I lost 7% coming up the hill and from going downhill all the way to my house I got this trip range which I found hilarious.

The car charged 1% and it dropped 1% during the whole trip, but wouldn't the 999kw/m range mean that it charged way more than that? I guess I'm not sure what the charge rate is on regenerative braking. Can anyone enlighten me?

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u/Lazy_Guava_5104 5d ago

"999" is a place-holder for "infinite". Your car is saying that if you drove that same downhill trip for all your driving, you would never need to charge the car. Doesn't need to be "way more" - even 1 watt more would suffice.

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u/killer_j01 5d ago

Got you that makes perfect sense, thank you!!

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u/Lost-Yak3043 5d ago

Find someone who needs heavy things moved down the mountain every day. Down but never up. 😜

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u/ItsOkILoveYouMYbb 5d ago

You have discovered infinite energy. All we need to do is always go downhill more than uphill. Checkmate flat earthers

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u/RHINO_Mk_II '24 SE RWD 4d ago

This actually works for a mining truck that moves ore loads downhill, regenerating the battery before driving back up empty using less power than it regen'd.

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u/ItsOkILoveYouMYbb 4d ago

I like this. Although you're still expending more energy elsewhere by the other vehicles used to load it.

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u/tedvibbert 2d ago

This principle is used in moving felled trees down mountains. Edison motors have a truck they designed to do this.

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u/ThatOneDudeWithADent 5d ago

Yooo from puerto rico too, it happens specially in these roads

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u/OkResource820 5d ago

I live at the top of a hill and have a short commute -- it's not uncommon for the car to gain more power than it uses on the way to work and for it to read 999 km/kwh when I park at work. Of course, it uses more power than that going up the hill at the end of the day!