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In my EV in single pedal taking my foot off the accelerator is already instantly like having heavy braking. By the time I'm touching the brake pedal even slight
by vel0city 3y ago
In my EV in single pedal taking my foot off the accelerator is already instantly like having heavy braking. By the time I'm touching the brake pedal even slightly it is like I'm stomping hard. Coupled with collision detection priming the brakes potentially before my mind registers the potential collision I'm not worried about not being able to hover over the brake like in my old car.
- amluto 3y agoI think you should be worried. Taking your foot off is heavy in the sense that it slows you down at decent speed. It is not heavy in the sense of an emergency stop, nor is having your foot on the pedal ready to remove priming you to slam on the actual brakes. I’ve never heard of collision detection priming the accelerator to apply the mechanical brakes when a foot is removed.
- vel0city 3y agoYou've never heard of collision detection priming the accelerator because it primes the brakes not the accelerator when it detects a potential collision. Its unrelated to me lifting my foot. And I've definitely experienced it happen. I've lightly touched the brake pedal with AEB warnings going off and it really slammed on the brakes. Either way I imagine neither of us has any hard numbers to actually back up either driving style. I'm just pointing out there's no lag to regen braking and in many cars it can be pretty heavy braking.
- amluto 3y agoMy point is that, if a driver gets used to heavy-ish braking from the accelerator pedal, they might not tap the brake pedal on time in an emergency.