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When you are regenerating electricity (charging the battery) you will have more drag than when you are gliding with no arrows. So you won't coast as far when you completely let off the accelerator.

However, if you are going to have to stop anyway, then let off the accelerator as soon as possible.

Yep.

I would like to be able to play guitar like Eric Clapton. Can you teach me how to do that?

 

As an additional point, a lack of arrows does not necessarily mean the engine is off, it only means that no power is being delivered. The engine sometimes runs to provide heat even without delivering power to the wheels.

From an efficiency standpoint, you should try to avoid creating electricity only to store it for later use. As the previous posted stated, it makes sense to do this when you have to brake, but otherwise it is a horribly inefficient way to get power to the wheels. There are losses involved in generating the electricity, in storing it in the battery, and in converting it back to mechanical motion. You loose about half to heat. With normal braking you loose all of it to heat, so half is better, but it's a poor way to do it if you don't have to.

Tom

 

I was being facetious; I actually like Clapton's blues guitar playing the best. Unfortunately, I don't even own a guitar, and I think I should have started at least 20 years ago.