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In a hybrid, letting off the throttle it will coast and it regens a little but nowhere as much as 1 pedal driving.
I don’t understand why if you disable 1 pedal driving, you believe it will eat through brakes and rotors within a year just driving normal?
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1 pedal driving is like piloting a jet ski whenever you let off the throttle. I leave 1 pedal driving engaged when I rent EVs.
In a hybrid, letting off the throttle it will coast and it regens a little but nowhere as much as 1 pedal driving.
I don’t understand why if you disable 1 pedal driving, you believe it will eat through brakes and rotors within a year just driving normal?
In a hybrid, letting off the throttle it will coast and it regens a little but nowhere as much as 1 pedal driving.
I don’t understand why if you disable 1 pedal driving, you believe it will eat through brakes and rotors within a year just driving normal?
Let me correct myself a little from my previous post. Simple put, opd makes controlling the cars speed much easier than just regen. IMO it's a better option when implemented correctly the just regen alone
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I leave my Q8 on coast which I find to be most natural and smooth. I even feel like it gives me better miles/kwh (contrary to what Tesla thinks) but I don't have any real data to back that up, just my own observation looking at the figure while driving. Oddly, the Audi lets you choose to more auto regen, but you can't go to full. It has a setting for a little. and then a lot, but neither will bring you to a full stop.
but of course you can modulate the gas pedal… it’s not all or nothing.
the tesla implementation of 1 pedal driving is MUCH better than on my hyundai. still not sure why on hyundai you can’t leave 1 pedal engaged all the time… it turns off every time you turn off the car.
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I have lots of friends who have EVs and Tesla and other EV marques let you take cars for extended periods. I spent all day with a Model S last year for instance. Same with a Rivan, and a Lucid Air. We’re going to do that with a Lucid Gravity soon.
Me not caring for that feature is not an attack on you and what you like, BTW. You can like it and I can not like it and that’s okay. There’s a reason why many manufacturers let you set it on or off and change the strength of it. It just doesn’t jibe with my style of driving.
Me not caring for that feature is not an attack on you and what you like, BTW. You can like it and I can not like it and that’s okay. There’s a reason why many manufacturers let you set it on or off and change the strength of it. It just doesn’t jibe with my style of driving.
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I see this in the online manual, but ours doesn't show "Deceleration Mode".
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Plenty of vehicles out there that are as heavy as an EV that don’t have one pedal driving. Also EVs and Hybrids use regen braking even without one pedal driving.
What I mean is the one pedal driving not the regen braking.
Ive driven a bunch of EVs for extended test drives. I just don’t care for it.
What I mean is the one pedal driving not the regen braking.
Ive driven a bunch of EVs for extended test drives. I just don’t care for it.
Like start-stop on a gas model. Annoying
Last edited by Toys4RJill; Oct 26, 2025 at 07:19 AM.
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I didn't say that the Audi gets petter miles per kwh than my Tesla . I said having coasting in my Audi gets me better miles per kWh than having auto regen, which is contrary to what Tesla said. The reason why they removed this setting when it was in the early Model S is because 1pedal driving is supposed to give you better efficiency, or game the EPA rating system, I can't remember which.
Last edited by RXSF; Oct 26, 2025 at 09:39 AM.
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I have lots of friends who have EVs and Tesla and other EV marques let you take cars for extended periods. I spent all day with a Model S last year for instance. Same with a Rivan, and a Lucid Air. We’re going to do that with a Lucid Gravity soon.
Me not caring for that feature is not an attack on you and what you like, BTW. You can like it and I can not like it and that’s okay. There’s a reason why many manufacturers let you set it on or off and change the strength of it. It just doesn’t jibe with my style of driving.
Me not caring for that feature is not an attack on you and what you like, BTW. You can like it and I can not like it and that’s okay. There’s a reason why many manufacturers let you set it on or off and change the strength of it. It just doesn’t jibe with my style of driving.
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