I think all ev's whether mild, plug in, or other, put the brake lights on when the regen reaches a certain percentage of braking, I've seen figures as low as -4%.Quote:
Originally Posted by Graeme
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I think all ev's whether mild, plug in, or other, put the brake lights on when the regen reaches a certain percentage of braking, I've seen figures as low as -4%.Quote:
Originally Posted by Graeme
Do you know the brake lights weren't on, or assuming?Quote:
Originally Posted by Graeme
Tony
Good question. I know that the auto retarder on Scanias will illuminate them. I would assume the same here.Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyC
I just assumed that the brake lights weren't illuminated but I'll find a way to check. I know that if the EV system is disabled then there's no regenerative braking and the vehicle slows less than my previous 4.4TDV8 L322, which is why I re-enabled the EV system.
BYD has decided to cut out it's aussie distributor and will be direct only now.
https://www.drive.com.au/news/byd-go...stributorship/
There is no requirement in the ADR's (Yet) or any global standard that requires the brake lights to come on without the brake pedal being depressed so this is a known issue worldwide but the OEM's don't seem to be doing anything about it. You would think it's an easy fix using the vehicles accelerometer to activate the brake lights if it slows down quicker than a preset amount on regen but nope... There's a good video on Youtube from Technology Connections about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Graeme
The first thing I did when I got the car home was check the brake lights came on when you lifted on the throttle into regen. Yes the tesla system does use them and it works well as it's quite normal to not use the brake pedal at all. Or else every tesla on the road would have had multiple rear enders.Quote:
Originally Posted by Homestar
Apparently some other manufacturers not so much. But few have the one pedal thing working as well.
Mine has regen braking at Off. LVl 1 2 or three and full one pedal Driving. The brake lights activate for all except off of course [thumbsupbig]Quote:
Originally Posted by Homestar
Cut and paste from MG in EU
One pedal driving
In the “most powerful” regeneration mode, the braking effect is even such, that you hardly need a brake pedal anymore. This is also known as “one pedal driving”. You will feel very comfortable with this new way of driving after a short while.
Depending on the selected regenerative braking mode, the braking lights will light up a soon as you lift the accelerator pedal and the regenerative braking kicks in with a certain braking force.
Mines set to LVL 3 regen 99% of the time. I barely have to use the brake with that.
I had to drive in some commuter type traffic recently. I was in the old Tojo 'tilly and minding my own business, when then was a sudden lack of traffic progression and several cars in front of me having to brake severely. I came to stop, quite quickly as well, about 1 metre, or a bit less, behind an EV (I'm thinking Kia/Hyundai people mover type). This EVs hazard lights flashed a few times, on my approach. Was this because of the 'tilly's proximity or the sudden braking of the EV? I'm certain the EV was at a standstill when it occurred.
Teslas have ludicrous mode. Perhaps the Korean cars have a Panic mode.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saitch