OVMS User Manual page 42

OVMS: Renault Twizy User Guide 2019/05/02 RT3.9.1
Recuperation power and limiter effect
(default torque map, 65% recup level, 7500 W limit)
Possible explanations are: a) the SEVCON calculates power from a higher voltage (i.e. charging
voltage ~58 V), and b) the cutback range of (by default) 15 A is responsible for the early limiting.
Rule of thumb is to assume a power efficiency of 100% and add 800 W to get to the limiter level.
So if your recuperation profile has a mechanical maximum at 5.0 kW, the limiter will regard that as
an electrical power of 5.8 kW. Begin with that as the reference point and try raising if the limiter
still kicks in.
Let me know if you find a better rule to determine the reference point.
Kickdown functionality (added V3.5.0)
Following an idea from the german Twizy community: if the DRIVE level is set lower than 100%
(V3.6: either manually or automatically), the OVMS checks for accelerator pedal kickdown events.
On kickdown, the DRIVE level will temporarily be set to 100%. After releasing the pedal for 5
seconds, the DRIVE level of the profile will be restored.
Any fast pushdown of the pedal is considered to be a kickdown. This means you don't need to kick
the pedal all the way down, you can trigger kickdown at any position of the pedal by giving it a fast
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