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Originally Posted by Packrat
-My house is at 2150' elevation. The first mile of my commute is relatively flat (slight elevation loss) and curvy, so I'm cruising in the 15-25mph range. Then the big downhill starts. For about 2.5-3 miles I'm on 5-10% downgrades to get to the freeway at about 500' elevation. This road is 30-40mph territory. The problem is that going home I use some assist getting up the hill, but when I get to the flat, the car wants to charge using the ICE. I'd really like to delay the charge so I can get more regen on the way back down in the morning. Regen cut out after only a mile of downhill this morning, so I was wasting all that energy and wearing my brakes. What's the best strategy for mileage here?
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I have the same issue. I live 800 feet above the freeway and the batteries get fully charged half way down. It's also annoying that the IMA tries very hard to prevent the batteries from ever going below half charge (four bars). When it gets down to that level on the way uphill, I get almost no more assist.
I don't know of any way around this. The solution for people like us would be to double the size of the battery pack. I wish Honda offered that as an option.