The New Cooper S E

[CiderFex]

I’m very concerned that they’d even consider allowing the public to have the ability to adjust the amount of regeneration in a car. There are enough people out on the roads that can not drive properly at the best of times and we just don’t need cars out there that encourage people to not use their brakes. If taking your foot off the accelerator is akin to pressing the brake pedal that means it’ll be stopping quickly with no brake lights to show the vehicle behind that it’s slowing down. If the above is used instead of the brakes it means that the driver is also not in complete control of the car.
It’s a massive “no” from me I’m afraid.


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[CiderFex]

If the regenerative braking is to become a “thing” in future motoring I’d be interested to see how shunting accidents would be dealt with by the insurance companies and the Police.
The “one pedal” style of driving is easily achieved in a normal auto, if the car is driven sensibly, but there is the added bonus of having the actual brake pedal as well.
How would an emergency stop be carried out if there was only one pedal ?


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[M600-RKJ]

I dont know if it's that revolutionary of an idea the Renault zoe has always had an eco mode and normal mode which definitely feel like you regen more in eco.

I'm not sure what you mean by only having 1 pedal pete there are still 2 pedals. The 1 pedal driving is just a style of driving nissan have done it for a while now if you judge distances well enough you can slow with regen without having to use the brakes and the car will come to a stop unpromted a lot of evs will regen but wont come to a stop as they are still an auto so would slow until they began to creep like a traditional auto.

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[CiderFex]

Ah, that makes more sense Mark, thank you.
The JEEP I used on the road trip was an auto and would completely stop if your foot wasn’t on the go pedal. I’ve not come across that before and it was very easy to get away without using the brake if it was driven in sensible manner. I did always end up using the foot brake and handbrake though. I do fully understand the concept of engine braking and use it myself regularly but I do not think it’s a good idea for it to be used to the extent that the article is suggesting.


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[M600-RKJ]

Ah, that makes more sense Mark, thank you.
The JEEP I used on the road trip was an auto and would completely stop if your foot wasn’t on the go pedal. I’ve not come across that before and it was very easy to get away without using the brake if it was driven in sensible manner. I did always end up using the foot brake and handbrake though. I do fully understand the concept of engine braking and use it myself regularly but I do not think it’s a good idea for it to be used to the extent that the article is suggesting.


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No I get that, braking is almost painted as a failure by the article. That is definitely regenerating to the extreme good for an eco marathon not so sensible day to day.

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[CiderFex]

No I get that, braking is almost painted as a failure by the article. That is definitely regenerating to the extreme good for an eco marathon not so sensible day to day.

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Yeah, that’s true but a lot can’t drive without being able to adjust the cars mechanics so I dread to think what’ll happen when they can...


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[Neil - TXJ]

Different levels of regen is pretty standard on EV and hybrid. Test drove a Outlander PHEV a few years ago and the paddles behind the steering wheels could be used instead of brakes. I understood that once regen was above a certain level brake lights would come on.

I’m the process of ordering an eGolf and that also has different regen levels.

[MINI William]

We’ve got Nissan electric vans at work and I love them. You can select the ferocity of the regen and one peddle driving is easily achieved after becoming accustomed.

The article above is only showing what can be achieved in an exaggerated situation,

[nobbyclark]

I'm pretty sure that when using the regenerative braking, it will also turn on the brake lights. I've driven a few rentals in Europe recently with adaptive cruise and they definitely turn on the brake lights when slowing the car down because I've seen the glow behind. I also think my JCW applies the brake lights if I reduce the cruise control speed via the button rather than braking (it's not the adaptive type).

[bodyshop23]

The BMW i3 I had put the brake lights on when you let it slow down by the motors.