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It’s been a long time since I charged my Tesla Model 3 SR+ above 90%, but I’m taking my girls on a little road trip and just charged up to 95%. It didn’t take me long to notice something had changed.
The car was braking for me as I was approaching stopped traffic at a red light. I know, I know — regen braking. Except, it wasn’t that, and this is the whole point. It used to be that the regen braking fades away, or goes away completely, when your battery is close to fully charged — there’s not much more space in there to pour electricity in through regen braking. It was actually a little dangerous, in my opinion, because being accustomed to regen braking, it’s surprising when your car isn’t automatically braking as you expect it to. That can lead to having to slam on the…
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