Optimizing regenerative braking on your motorbike or scooter can help extend your range, improve efficiency, and reduce wear on mechanical brakes. Here’s how to make the most of it:
✅ 1. Know How Your Regen Braking Works
- FONZ features regenerative braking that activates automatically through the motor when you gently engage the brakes.
- On Arthur 7 and Z series you can see it across the meter across, showing in Amps regen (x10). On the NKD the meter runs from left of the display. Down a hill at slow speed, you might expect 10A regen to go back into the Powerpack
- It doesn’t engage during coasting — and that’s deliberate. You’ll actually capture more kinetic energy by coasting naturally before braking.
✅ 2. Use Regen Instead of Mechanical Brakes
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Wherever safe, use gentle braking or coasting to engage regen rather than squeezing the mechanical brake hard.
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This allows energy to be recaptured instead of lost as heat through brake pads.
✅ 3. Plan Ahead – Ride Predictively
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Look ahead and slow down early before intersections, turns, or downhill sections.
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Anticipating stops lets you engage regen more gradually and for longer — maximizing the energy recovered.
E.g if you see an amber light up ahead try to engage the regen and slow (if safe) rather than coming to a complete stop. Take advantage of the regen and then you give the throttle a good squirt to stay up ahead of the traffic. You'll lose less power from not coming to a stationary stop and while rolling you pack the most off the mark, with minimal amp draw
✅ 4. Engage Regen on Downhills
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Long downhill rides are ideal for regen. Apply light brake pressure (if needed) to keep regen engaged and your speed under control.
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Avoid riding brakes too hard — this switches from regen to mechanical braking, wasting energy.
✅ 5. Ride in Eco Mode while learning
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Eco modes often optimize energy recovery and limit speed, making it easier to manage regen braking more consistently.
Important
Don’t Over-Rely on Regen — it’s a great efficiency tool, but it doesn’t replace the safety and stopping power of mechanical brakes. So use the mechanical brakes when you need them
