Brake pedal behavior: Preference?

[Broverlander]

When I throw time into the mix, things get messier, haha. Braking late and using the friction brakes will save me time, and I value my time highly, but then I've gotta replace the brakes more often, which is also time and money.

I live by the Alabama song "I'm in a Hurry"

Maybe I'm looking at it incorrectly, but I've always looked at my regen setting as a driver preference on how quickly you want to stop. There are some who come zooming up only to cram on their brakes and some who seem to coast for a half mile before stopping. Keep in mind, the higher the regen, the quicker you come to a stop unless you feather the gas pedal on OPD. I'm somewhere in the middle and the standard regen works great for me on my R1. I think a lot of it comes down to personal preference. But don't be afraid to get out of your comfort zone. I did with my R1 and now I love the standard regen and OPD.

 

[speedrye]

Maybe I'm looking at it incorrectly, but I've always looked at my regen setting as a driver preference on how quickly you want to stop. There are some who come zooming up only to cram on their brakes and some who seem to coast for a half mile before stopping. Keep in mind, the higher the regen, the quicker you come to a stop unless you feather the gas pedal on OPD. I'm somewhere in the middle and the standard regen works great for me on my R1. I think a lot of it comes down to personal preference. But don't be afraid to get out of your comfort zone. I did with my R1 and now I love the standard regen and OPD.

I'm only a manual transmission guy, so if I get a Scout, I'll be way outside my comfort zone, no worries there! Actually, I do like the varying levels of regen with paddle shifters as I use them exactly like I would when downshifting/engine braking through the gears coming to a stop.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

When I throw time into the mix, things get messier, haha. Braking late and using the friction brakes will save me time, and I value my time highly, but then I've gotta replace the brakes more often, which is also time and money.

I live by the Alabama song "I'm in a Hurry"

Braking late in an EV with adjustable regen levels is One-Pedal driving with as high regen setting as your vehicle allows. That saves you time while driving/braking AND saves your brakes. And since acceleration of an EV is quicker relative to similar vehicles of that EV's size and mass, you can save time leaving the stop as well.

And if you really value your time, start counting the minutes it takes to make time in your week to get gas. We're 15 minutes one-way from the nearest gas station and it's 5 minutes out of the way to go to it while we're out. If we're returning from a road trip, going to it would add 30 minutes to our drive because of its relative location to our most commonly-used freeway exit. So we save 10 to 30 minutes per vehicle per week not wasting time going to the gas station. Up to one hour per week saved is a minimum of 52 hours a year saved, and that's assuming nothing special for travel. Since more than 50% of our travel is road tripping, and charging stops are coincident in time with food or restroom stops, we save far, far more time driving EVs than driving ICEVs.

 

[Reinvent]

Coast when I take my foot off the accelerator pedal. Progressive regeneration as I start to push down on the brake pedal. Brake pads kick in past a certain point or during a panic stop.