I was stuck in some pretty bad "charge and go" traffic the other day. You haven't heard it referred to as charge and go traffic? Perhaps stop and go traffic is more common. But stop and go traffic presumes that you are in a car where you first use the gas pedal to go and then use the brake pedal to stop. That's not the case in the Active E.
In the E, you simply hit the power pedal to go and then take the pressure off the pedal to stop. As the regenerative power system kicks in, it slow the car and charges the battery at the same time. This means that I can control the speed of the car, all the way to a complete stop, using just one pedal. And I get the satisfaction of knowing that I am regaining power every time I slow down. So "stop and go" traffic becomes "charge and go" traffic, which I don't mind in the least.
Funny how a little game changer like regenerative braking can make the worst part of driving far more palatable...even enjoyable.
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