Ninebot One E Increased Battery Life Down Hill

[Gunnerinc]

Happy New Year to the EU community and to my friends who are Ninebot One owners. I recently started to push my Ninebot rides a little further than just down the hill to play in a parking lot or go grab a few groceries and cruise back home. Last week, I first went about 7 miles (Hollywood Hills) and made it back home with about 30% battery life left. Yesterday, I got a little more bold and went up through the Hollywood Hills surrounding neighborhoods until low battery indicator sound started coming on. At this point I was a good 2 miles from home. I shut the little guy off and started to walk back down the same way I came and was thinking about calling an Uber. But I decided to turn it back on and see what I could get out of it before it would kick me back. 

Going slow I started to ride it down the hill as most of my riding had been climbing. And I noticed that the steeper the decline of the street the more battery life I was gaining with the bot. Eventually my software was reading that I had gained a good 4 miles of battery life. It was incredible to first hand experience the Ninebot gaining battery life back while riding down hill. I don't know if that is recommend long term for the unit but wanted to share with you in case you get into a jam and have the option of descending to potentially milk some battery life out of it. 

I've ridden 101 total miles based on the software readout and I love it more and more. The hills here are long a steep and the little dude cruises up with no problem.

Those Speedyfeet.uk videos have also been a huge benefit! 

[esaj]

That's the regenerative braking charging your batteries, it actually works even on slight deceleration or going down slightly declined street... The problem is, the voltage will (momentarily) rise a lot, giving you somewhat false reading (the battery gauge is actually just a voltage meter in all wheels). I've seen my Firewheel go from near 0% to 40-60% on steep downhill or during strong braking, but it drops fast again after you're going level (or especially uphill). So at best, the the battery meters are "indicative" of the remaining charge, and you shouldn't trust them to be exactly precise.