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I find that one-pedal is okay as a driver and not so pleasant as a passenger: feet are really quite bad at applying constant pressure, so there’s a tendency to
by amluto 3y ago
I find that one-pedal is okay as a driver and not so pleasant as a passenger: feet are really quite bad at applying constant pressure, so there’s a tendency to alternate between excessive acceleration and deceleration. This can be nauseating, not to mention a bit inefficient. It’s made worse by the generally fast torque response in an EV.
I’d rather see really nice haptic controls, like so:
One-pedal: the pedal has a detent at the neutral point, so a range of forces will hold it at neutral, and a small conscious effort will switch between acceleration and braking. (For good measure, neutral could be zero acceleration instead of zero torque or power.) This would require some kind of variable electrically controlled haptics, and it would need to fail safe.
Two-pedal: a similar detent, but on the brake pedal at the position where mechanical braking starts.
Either one would need serious driver testing, especially to make sure that drivers won’t fail to apply adequate braking in an emergency.