Every watt counts, when you live on a hill!

From driving this thing around on short hops every day, I am learning a completely new way to drive.  I guess it's "mindful driving".

I let gravity do the work, whenever I can.  When I'm climbing the hill, I try to keep the amps down under 200.  I COULD floor the throttle, which makes the motor draw over 300 amps, but it only goes marginally faster, and it drains my batteries FAST.  Also, I can power-climb most of the way up the hill, and let my momentum carry me up the rest of the way, and coast down the other side!

I am intensely aware of the knap of the earth, knowing that when my power is gone, I'll have to be dragged home on a rope.  Not gonna let that happen often!

Traffic lights....every time I have to hit the brakes, I'm converting some of my hard-won forward momentum into wasted heat.  I try to time it so that I don't have to stop before the light turns green.  Start-up from a dead stop is a big drain on the batteries, too!  Newton was a pretty insightful guy!

I imagine these methods would save a lot of gas in a traditional vehicle, too.