The Tesla turns on brake lights beyond a certain level of regen. At 60 mph, it takes about 30 kW of regeneration. At slower speeds, it is less. It is about the amount of braking that feels significant and starts to push you into the seat belt.
One nice thing about the single pedal driving is that you can usually flash your lights on easily by completely letting up on the accelerator for a split second, then pushing back down on it. Mike On January 13, 2016 4:03:53 AM MST, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > >http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/traffic/rules-of-the-road/article53707810.html >Road Rules: Electric car brake lights may work without braking >JANUARY 10, 2016 DOUG DAHL > >[image >http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/traffic/rules-of-the-road/d6i4bh/picture53707805/ALTERNATES/FREE_768/electric%20braking >Dashboard of an earlier model of the Honda Insight, a gas/electric >hybrid. >Electric car brake lights may come on when the car is slowing, even >when you >don’t press the brake pedal >] > >Question: I’m seeing more electric cars on the road every day; I myself >am >the proud owner of one. One of my favorite aspects of driving electric >is >the regenerative braking, which allows me to slow down without using >the >brake pedal. Sometimes I am concerned about drivers behind me not >paying >enough attention to realize I’m slowing down without seeing brake >lights. If >I’m hit from behind while using regenerative braking, can I be held >partially liable because I didn’t engage the brake lights? > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
