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Muffin

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Very happy with my Mg zs ev
Just one little moan just wish it was set on Eco when I start up
It’s a shame this cannot be refigured
 
Normal is fine for me it's the KERS which should be changed from the default of 3.
 
RajMG said:
I thought KERS 3 was the most efficient one to move it to. Is that correct?
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This is my rule of thumb.

KERS 1 if you want to do a long coast on the flat up to a junction.
KERS 2 for what I would call normal driving.
KERS 3 going downhill.

Due to the laws of thermodynamics, you will never regenerate all the energy you used to accelerate on the flat, so it is more efficient to use the weight of the vehicle's momentum to roll to a stop on the flat or coast on a slight downhill gradient.
 
Gadget Geek said:
This is my rule of thumb.

KERS 1 if you want to do a long coast on the flat up to a junction.
KERS 2 for what I would call normal driving.
KERS 3 going downhill.

Due to the laws of thermodynamics, you will never regenerate all the energy you used to accelerate on the flat, so it is more efficient to use the weight of the vehicle's momentum to roll to a stop on the flat or coast on a slight downhill gradient.
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Much the same way as I drove my last two Hybrids . Easy on the throttle and let the weight of the car do the work . It always amused me when we had owners complaining about their fuel efficiency on the forum when their driving style was to put the car in Sport ,foot flat on the loud pedal ...muppets :)
 
Of course if you use adaptive cruise control (ACC) regen is lost. However using last week on a 500 mile journey was quite wonderful. To be able to get into the ideal position behind a lorry and not worry about speed decrease or increase while getting the best efficiency because of the slip stream effect is really good.
For my normal driving I quite like the Level 3 regen and drive in either Normal or Eco. I do occasionally use the Speed mode if I want to impress my grandchildren. (only for very short and safe distances though)
 
evcog said:
Of course if you use adaptive cruise control (ACC) regen is lost. However using last week on a 500 mile journey was quite wonderful. To be able to get into the ideal position behind a lorry and not worry about speed decrease or increase while getting the best efficiency because of the slip stream effect is really good.
For my normal driving I quite like the Level 3 regen and drive in either Normal or Eco. I do occasionally use the Speed mode if I want to impress my grandchildren. (only for very short and safe distances though)
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I use adaptive cruise control quite a lot , that's why I set KERS to 1 to see if it made a difference to KERS 3 . Hard to tell if it does make much difference with ACC on , because the warmer weather is skewing any conclusion . ACC is great for cruising on dual carriageways and motorways apart from the drivers in front that can't seem to drive at a steady speed :)
 
maskull said:
I use adaptive cruise control quite a lot , that's why I set KERS to 1 to see if it made a difference to KERS 3 . Hard to tell if it does make much difference with ACC on , because the warmer weather is skewing any conclusion . ACC is great for cruising on dual carriageways and motorways apart from the drivers in front that can't seem to drive at a steady speed :)
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There is no regen braking in ACC or Pilot unfortunately.
 
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