# What are your electric vehicle plans?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 22, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-electric-vehicle-plans/923614 "2020-10-22T18:45:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-electric-vehicle-plans/923614/1185 "2023-10-30T13:52:27Z")

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> [@Pleonast](#):
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> > [@Stanislaus](#):
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> > Once, in the Highlands, descending for over a mile down a windy road, the car regenerated so much energy the range actually went up. This will not happen often, but it is peculiarly pleasing to see. &nbsp;
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> Typical weekend ski trip for me uses 150 miles of charge to drive there, but only 50 miles to get back.

This past weekend I looked more carefully at the numbers. Going from San Bernardino to Big Bear is 30 miles across and 6000 ft up. Going there took 80 miles of charge. Coming back recharged the car 20 miles.

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