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How is brake wear almost eliminated with electric cars?
by headsoup 4y ago
How is brake wear almost eliminated with electric cars?
- bryanlarsen 4y agoRegenerative braking. Brake pads are only used for emergency braking.
- pwinnski 4y agoI've seen so much skepticism about this. People without EVs can't seem to believe that brake pads don't experience much wear on EVs. I owned a Toyota Prius for many years, and while not a pure EV, it still used regenerative braking, and after several years of driving, the brake pads were no more worn than when I bought it. I traded it for a Fiat 500e, pure EV, and I don't expect to have to replace the brake pads on it, probably ever.
- toomuchtodo 4y agoWe owned a Toyota Hybrid that someone totaled at ~100k miles, had the factory pads on it. I expect the pads on all of our Teslas to last the life of the vehicles. It’s a minor benefit, but super nice to not need to bother with pad and rotor replacements.
- headsoup 4y agoI hadn't looked into that before, that's quite neat!