For those of you who initially run a hybrid car at the ECO screen, most points are deducted when braking to stop the car. That is, you did not take full advantage of the excess kinetic energy of the car to charge the hybrid battery, but instead you activated the heating fluid brake and worn the brake pads. Taking advantage of the stop brake is a wonderful advantage of hybrid vehicles. In city conditions, before the car stops is the most residual kinetic energy that we can take advantage of with the highest efficiency for energy regeneration.

Looking at the performance chart of regenerative braking, we see that there is only 1/3 of the initial brake pedal force, the regenerative brake has the highest performance (green). The MG2 electric motor now turns into a generator and actively charges the hybrid battery. Then the oil brake intervenes to create friction for the car to stop (gray). Even before stopping, the performance of the regenerative braking is zero. By slamming on the brakes hard, your ECO points will be deducted miserably, which means that the cheeks and rim of the brakes heat up, wear out a little without benefit, like we are running a gasoline car. We’re not talking about passive (emergency) braking for safety here.
So how do we get the most excess energy of the car to regenerate into electric energy for the car? The writer of this article has experimented with braking or releasing, pedaling, and releasing about 1/3 of the brake pedal until the car comes to a complete stop. ECO stops are very high. The use of this brake is usually used when we stop at a red light, park, stop actively. You try to see, when the ECO brake point stops 98, 99 points, then you will love the car very much.
