This clear it up?
The motor as a brake
Regenerative braking utilizes the fact that an electric motor can also act as a generator. The vehicle's electric traction motor is reconnected as a generator during braking and its output is connected to an electrical load. It is this load on the motor that provides the braking effect.
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