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As the time has changed, the technology employed in electric bike has also changed. One of the developments in this area includes regenerative anti lock braking system. If you know how to use it, then you can use it to the maximum gain of yours. A very useful and robust technology for your e-bike!

Basically, regenerative braking is a way to store the energy produced during braking. This energy is stored in the battery. In other words, it charges the battery. The best region where you can use this technology to the maximum is mountainous region. On average, regenerative braking will restore 3% of the energy in mild hilly area. That means, for every 100 miles travelled, you can travel 3 extra miles. But in extreme hilly areas, it can store almost 5-6% of the energy i.e.5-6 extra miles for every 100 miles travelled. Though on paper, the numbers look quite small, practically they are not. But this technology has some problems.

Such hard braking will destroy the battery by forcing too much current into them. Again, this will weaken the dropouts on the bike by twisting the axel back and forth. All these problems can be solved by using a new generation of regenerative braking with a soft engagement mechanism and a better system for returning the current to the battery.

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