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> On cars with an electronic handbrake, do they have a way to apply the brakes while the car is moving? It's a while ago now, but I had a Jaguar XJ with an ele
by scrumper 3y ago
> On cars with an electronic handbrake, do they have a way to apply the brakes while the car is moving?
It's a while ago now, but I had a Jaguar XJ with an electronic parking brake. If you just pulled it up while driving it would beep angrily at you, but if you held on to it for a few seconds it would apply (while beeping angrily). I tried it once in an empty parking lot to see what would happen, but only at like 20mph. It just slowed down a bit. Not a chance it could've overcome the engine at any more than idle.
In fact, I remember my dad once trashing his handbrake in the '80s by driving his car for 50 miles or so with it applied. He just thought it was down on power for a bit, before the brakes heated up and they stopped having any effect.
- jacquesm 3y agoEspecially not with an electric car, the torque is 100% at standstill. A conventional handbrake doesn't stand a chance.