• stickyprimer@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    The thing you’re describing is a setting in our Bolt EV: in “one pedal driving” mode you just lift your foot off the gas and the car begins braking. You get maximum regenerative braking this way because the car is never allow to just lose everything to air resistance. Or you can turn this off and the brakes behave like any other car.

    I only drive in OPD mode now. It’s so simple and easy to get used to. We still have a gas car too and I will switch back and forth without issue.

    • percent@infosec.pub
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      4 hours ago

      Oh I have no issues with OPD. I think it’s pretty cool. I was just trying to explain why the Toyota’s brakes surprised me. They feel just like friction brakes, despite the actual breaking being mostly done with regen.

      It’s probably nothing special to most people, but I think it’s interesting