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Originally Posted by Mr. Kite
[...]not a lot you can do. On the way down, coast as much as possible. If you need to slow down, you can try shifting to second to get more regeneration. On long downward slopes, your battery charge will be full pretty quickly and you may have to start using your real brakes.
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Your statement may be true on a HCH II (I have no idea), but not at all for TCH's... "Lower gear" translates to the "B" gear in our case, and you do NOT get more regen; on the contrary, you waste potential regen braking.
That said, yes your SOC may eventually get to 100% (even with "B") pretty quickly on long slopes, at which point it's all about real brakes (and engine braking, of course).