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FWIW, even if the accelerator pedal is stuck or misread in the Cybertruck, the brake pedal immediately overrides any input from it and stops accelerating.

MBCook 3y ago
So I’m going to wildly speculate here: I’m guessing most CTs have sold to big Tesla fans who already had Teslas. I’m going to assume those kind of fans also like one-pedal driving (many people do). So if you’ve been using one-pedal for years you’re used to releasing the accelerator stopping you. Could the driver who hit a pole have stopped themselves with the brake? Yes. If they were used to one-pedal for years, would they have thought of that? In a split-second panic scenario perhaps not. I know millions of people love one-pedal and many (most?) electric cars have done version of it. But I wonder if stuff like this has been studied. How well to people used to it handle using the brake in a panic if they don’t often drive two pedal mode/cars? I’d love to know the results of such a study.
- hacker_88 3y ago
  If one was aware what was happening, they would be able to stop/Slow but lifting the brake would immediately cause the car to accelerate . This would be instantaneous acceleration enough to cause damage before you could hit the brakes at which it would stop.
- yazaddaruvala 3y ago
  Single pedal driving still requires me to use the brake pedal often. In reality, there might be a 3-5x reduction to brake pedal usage. That still means on any given trip, every 5th stop sign/red light will require break pedal usage. If anything the single pedal driving causes me to let off of the accelerator earlier than I normally would in an ICE car, and therefore I have more time to react with the break pedal if needed. I doubt I'm unique in these things.
  - zormino 3y ago
    I rarely hit the brake pedal in my car at all with one pedal driving. In fact I'd say 80% of drives I don't hit it at all, and the rest i might use it once or twice. I'm sure I'd still hit the brake in an emergency since it's so ingrained in me from driving normal cars for so long, but I'm not sure how long that will be true for, especially for new younger drivers that have really only driven EVs.
    - MBCook 3y ago
      That’s a good point too. Maybe it’s not much of an issue for us “older” drivers but as we start to get “native” one-pedal drivers it could start to be.
  - kcb 3y ago
    That's surprising. I've definitely driven 100s of miles without ever hitting the brake peddle.

MBCook 3y ago

So I’m going to wildly speculate here: I’m guessing most CTs have sold to big Tesla fans who already had Teslas. I’m going to assume those kind of fans also like one-pedal driving (many people do). So if you’ve been using one-pedal for years you’re used to releasing the accelerator stopping you. Could the driver who hit a pole have stopped themselves with the brake? Yes. If they were used to one-pedal for years, would they have thought of that? In a split-second panic scenario perhaps not. I know millions of people love one-pedal and many (most?) electric cars have done version of it. But I wonder if stuff like this has been studied. How well to people used to it handle using the brake in a panic if they don’t often drive two pedal mode/cars? I’d love to know the results of such a study.

hacker_88 3y ago
If one was aware what was happening, they would be able to stop/Slow but lifting the brake would immediately cause the car to accelerate . This would be instantaneous acceleration enough to cause damage before you could hit the brakes at which it would stop.
yazaddaruvala 3y ago
Single pedal driving still requires me to use the brake pedal often. In reality, there might be a 3-5x reduction to brake pedal usage. That still means on any given trip, every 5th stop sign/red light will require break pedal usage. If anything the single pedal driving causes me to let off of the accelerator earlier than I normally would in an ICE car, and therefore I have more time to react with the break pedal if needed. I doubt I'm unique in these things.
- zormino 3y ago
  I rarely hit the brake pedal in my car at all with one pedal driving. In fact I'd say 80% of drives I don't hit it at all, and the rest i might use it once or twice. I'm sure I'd still hit the brake in an emergency since it's so ingrained in me from driving normal cars for so long, but I'm not sure how long that will be true for, especially for new younger drivers that have really only driven EVs.
  - MBCook 3y ago
    That’s a good point too. Maybe it’s not much of an issue for us “older” drivers but as we start to get “native” one-pedal drivers it could start to be.
- kcb 3y ago
  That's surprising. I've definitely driven 100s of miles without ever hitting the brake peddle.