Jeep 4xe Drive Modes & Regenerative Braking Explained | Hybrid | Electric | E-Save
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- We talk about some of the confusion when it comes to 4xe drive modes as well as the Max Regen.
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As someone who lives in a mountainous region, battery charge mode on long downhills has virtually no penalty and makes a ton of charge. It’s very useful, to the point where I fault the engineers for not making hybrid mode toggle battery charge on and off based on inclinometer data.
The mountains - this is for SURE useful :). Thanks for you comments too!
We have a cabin in the mountains. When driving down, max regen is a game changer in our 2024 Willys 4xe. We can go for about 37 miles down without touching the brake pedal unless there is a hiker or animal crossing.
Yep, NOW that's where this REALLY comes onto play. Like I said in the video, mountains = YES :). I'm not saying it's not a useful option, but in daily traffic - it's not equally as useful.
I have the same jeep ,i like it ,but you must live on one steep mountain because i find that it slows me down too much for no gain
@@andrewshenton6541 about 10% grade for over 35 miles.
I just ordered my 2024 Willys 4xe (Tuscadero!) and this is one of the things that sold me during the test drive. I live in a mountainous area and there's a pretty steep hill that I drive often. Shout out to Alan at Northpoint Jeep in Derby VT for thoroughly explaining everything to me.
@@ginacirelli1581 Congrats! Keep us posted on how you like it!
More often than not, if Iam using esave it’s because I over pushed it and the engine has started. Now that the ICE is running, I want to get the oil temp up to at least 195° to help evaporate off fuel that might get into the oil. Since it tends to be a bit cooler where I live, I will use battery charge to make the ICE work a little bit harder and reach that temp. Otherwise, I charge at home and at work. My commute is around 24mi round trip. With such a short commute, Iam probably using more battery power than most. I generally stay in electric mode, and only switch to hybrid when Iam going on a longer trip that will exceed the range. It made sense for me when I bought the vehicle in January, because I knew I would be saving a ton on gas, while still having the benefits of a Jeep.
The battery charge mode is for when you have the power pack plug and you are using it to run appliances. In Max charge mode, if you watch the regen meter, light gas peddle is the same as coasting, you are not using electricity, its just not charging as hard.
I agree with everything everyone said.
I use Max Regen more as a convenience feature.
On Highways it is definitely OFF, Mountains - ON, For coasting (also, Highways) - OFF.
But, I do use it often to drive around the neighborhood and around town, because after a while you know how much it reacts to get the car to slow down.
I think "Max Regen off" is probably more efficient and it seems to give me 1-3 KW when I am coasting, without me having to accelerate if misjudged.
Great video.
How do you like your 4xe? Have a Grand or a Wrangler?
@@JeepsOnTheRun I love my Wrangler 4xe.
It's just a fun vehicle.
@@LastGuerillaMedia Agreed! @Jeep did a great job w/ it!
Thanks for the great video! As stated, Max Regen is nice for downhills, but it's also nice to push on exit ramps. I look at it as braking assist with benefits! Also, I like to use the electric mode for accelerating to highway speeds (gracefully) before going to gas-mode (e-save) for cruising. Puts less torque/wear on the engine. Your worse MPG is usually during acceleration. Of course, the aerodynamic of a Jeep do not help much @ 70MPH
I run electric exclusively for my local travel and usually run at least 150 plus a week on electric. As far as FORM, I haven't had that appear yet, but probably will at some point, I don't know. I have accelerated hard many times, but it has not switched over to gas when I do that, it just gets up and goes. I can say I haven't bought gas for over a month, so for us it works as we thought it would. A road trip will be a different story. Your video is good info to know, however. Thanks.
Enjoy your 4xe! We've got a lot of other 4xe content on our channel as well.
For me e-save button is a blessing , while i use it for charging my battery. Let me explain why, i drove 94 miles daily and I don't need to charge my phev for this journey too. I start my car and drive about 27 miles on ev and then when the battery is low it shifts itself to hybrid but i purposely shifts it to e-save to charge my battery while I'm cruising on highway where my car already gives me a good mpg then before arriving to my destination i engaged my ev again when it's fully charged so that the last 10 miles i have in city not highway i save fule and use electric which i generated while cruising on highway. This makes my life easy and i never needed to charge my phev.
@@sharoylalani unfortunately, this is actually hurting your mpg.
@@JeepsOnTheRun I'm confused, tell me how sir ?
@@sharoylalani Because you're using the engine power to charge the battery, that extra load is causing a loss in MPG on the jeep while charging.
@@JeepsOnTheRun tbh on my full tank it's giving me around 3.9 liter / 100 km with this kind of driving , i thinks it's not going to be better then that
Yeah esave will always use more fuel. Charging or keep the charge with do the same. It better to drain the battery completely and let the vehicle do it thing. It harder for the engine to charge the battery when the battery is charge compare to when the battery is dead. That why easier and faster to charge from 0 to 80% then 80 to 100%.
❤you are on point with all the information that you have provided and making it easy to understand
I have been renting a 4xe jeep wrangler Sahara hoe to buy one soon
Keep the content coming ❤
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Thank you for the explanation on that. I have now subscribed you.
Thanks for the comment as well as the subscribe! Happy Jeeping.
Great video! For me and my driving I find Max Regen gives me less battery miles and worse MPG. I run Max Regen off most, if not all the time. My 2024 latches on Hybrid and Electric but not on E-Save. Would be nice it it did all 3.
Thanks for watching. Do you have a Wrangler or a Grand?
@@JeepsOnTheRun Wrangler Rubicon X
Awesome vid, Awesome info.
Thanks for watching! We appreciate your comment.
I could see using E-save mode to save electrons for quiet time at the campground, arriving at your house at odd hours so your family doesn't wake up, or maybe run the Wrangler's inverter through the night while camping. (I'm sort of spitballing here)
Do you thing Max-Regen would be handy while trailing or driving in the mountains? Can you recharge the pack some by toggling Max-Regen on/off?
Those are fair points where E-save might help, I can agree with that.
Max regen is a huge benefit in the mountains for sure, it will put energy back into the battery system.
I do use E-Save sometimes when I know I have to drive a mix of freeways and city (more freeway and + 50 mls). Then I keep some charge for the city traffic. I think the engine is probably more efficient running at highway speeds but definitely not in city traffic.
@@LastGuerillaMedia I like to use E-Save when I know I cant make total trip on electric mode, warms the motor up and then when I get within electric range of my home charger, I switch to electric mode. I don't like to have the motor turn on and not warm up.
For me the regen is useless,as someone said iff i lived on a steep mountain then maybe