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Yes, it can. Newer axial motors can actually put -700hp of stopping power per wheel, and the whole motor hub assembly weighs less than a brake assembly. All that energy was previously wasted as heat by braking.
https://yasa.com/
Oh shit ok yeah that'll fucking do it
In rock climbing circles that would be called super-good-enough.
700hp of stopping power per wheel isn't regen braking, that's dumping battery power into a stopping force.
What do you think the (-) means? No, braking like this does not use battery power. Read the link. YASA is a Cambridge scientist with a string of papers on axial hub motors, they have a massive resistive force.
This isn't SAE dipshits from Detroit.