Another dumb question about drive modes

I used Sport mode for the first time today based on advice from an earlier post. All I have to say is WOW - the car was so much more fun to drive and I did not see any difference in battery draw nor did the ICE kick in under fairly aggressive acceleration. Further, I was pleasantly surprised to see that my favorite regen setting remained engaged the entire time. I plan to use Sport mode every day from here on out.

 

I had to respond just to say ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^!

 

Am I in the minority in liking how the regen does not stay locked in during Econ mode? I find 4 chevrons to be excessive most of the time. If I'm needing to slow down that much, I just use the pedal. I use the paddles for more gradual changes in speed, which I had assumed to be their intended function, based on how they operate in Econ mode. I have gotten MUCH better at anticipating changes in speed and not blazing off the line from a dead stop, and find the paddles to be the perfect tool for adjusting speed without using the brakes.

Do the people who want the regen locked use the paddles more as a brake alternative vs. minor speed control?

 

Just want to point out that there’s no need to use HV charge mode unless you anticipate a steep, prolonged incline later in your drive.

 

You're probably in the minority but I prefer it that way too. We don't get single pedal driving at all (that's when the car actually comes to a full stop in regen mode), so I prefer to have the paddle regen disengage on its own.

 

For spirited trips in the twisties, I’m preferring SPORT mode and 4-chevron regen. It seems to emulate downshifting, which I’m used to doing in our 5-speed Element. Most curves can be slowed down for just by lifting off the gas and feathering the regen that way.

Still deciding on how to handle city driving. The above mode works OK, but so does ECON combined with the paddles to control deceleration.

As an aside, a friend with a new Ridgeline suggested using LKAS on curvy roads. I tried it, and you can stay in full control of steering while the LKAS seems to boost the power steering at the right times when it can “see” the lane markings and you’re above 45 mph (I think).

 

Most of the time I want the regen selection to cancel itself the way it does in ECON Mode. However, I'd like an optional way to get the regen selection to stay on in ECON Mode, the way it does in SPORT Mode.

However, my greater desire is for an optional way to get HV Mode to remain engaged after I turn off our Clarity. It's stress-inducing to suddenly notice you've been gobbling up EV miles on a long trip because you forgot to re-engage HV Mode after stopping for a bathroom break.

 

Pilots, and more recently surgeons, utilize checklist to make sure nothing is missed.

Might be silly, but how about something like this, laminated and placed somewhere on the console:



Modified “as desired” of course!

 

Judging from all of these discussions, I can only conclude that they engineers have over-complicated the design.

 

Many of us wish for more complication (as noted in the post before yours), to enable us to customize the Clarity for our particular desires. However the engineers did create a Clarity that anyone can drive without worrying about complications. A few posters on this forum rarely ever plug in their Claritys--they just get in and drive.

 

Yes.

If there was another way to alter the amount of regen normally done other than the paddles, then the paddles working the way they are now would be fine. So, if there was a way to set the amount of regen by a button or menu, that would be great, allowing the driver to add or subtract regen at will by using the paddles would make a lot more sense.

 

Why do you check for cars behind you?
It's a red light, what are they going to do?
If we all have to stop, we can roll up to the light like gentlemen and without skid marks.

 

Years of hypermiling in my Insight have taught me that people don't appreciate my assistance in saving their gas and/or brake linings. More than once, a car has pulled to within inches of my rear bumper in an effort to get me to speed up as I approach the stopped car in front of me. When this happened, I used to slow down even more to "teach them a lesson," but now I grudgingly speed up a little to make them happy.

 

I wouldn't say it's a shame. It's simple science.

Just discharge the battery a bit (blast the climate system, do a couple jackrabbit starts, etc.) and you can merrily go around regen braking to your heart's content.

 

See my post #5 in this thread:

https://www.insideevsforum.com/community/index.php?threads/regen-limited-in-cold-temps-or-high-soc.4229/#post-43997

Where I quote an article from Jalopnik about EV brake pads in which Jaguar mentions that their EV cannot regen fully when their battery SOC is above 80% in order to protect the battery from over charging.
I believe @insightman was the first to postulate this on this forum and note the ICE comes on in our Claritys in that event.