Brake Regen Reduced?

[philbish]

Hi guys,

Very weird thing happened. I decided to charge at work and didn't think to set a maximum charge level and the car ended up charging to 100%

Upon driving home, the braking was reduced, and it required a lot more foot-travel to slow down. At a red light I checked if it reverted to 'Engage' mode, which happened on my previous Mach-E, but this wasn't the case.

Is it normal to have zero-regen without any warning message when you've charged fully up?

I can understand such, but would have thought there is some 'computer logic' that would apply more of the actual brakes in this case. It felt weird how much pressure needed to be applied, almost like the car computer didn't think to apply more 'real brakes' in lieu of the regeneration it likely couldn't do, because it was fully charged.

Am I imagining things?

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[AtomicInternet]

Nope, when you're at 100% it has nowhere to stash the regen so you're not imagining things. Mine typically comes back around 95% if I charge to 100% for a long trip. Typically I charge to 80% so I've got plenty of room.

 

[philbish]

Thanks!

I would have thought it would compensate with normal braking when it couldn't re-gen, as it required more braking than I'm used to, as I usually use Unbridled.

Not going to make this mistake again.

 

[AtomicInternet]

Just to be clear, you mean the 1-pedal braking was reduced, correct? If you're not using 1-pedal the brake should respond the same. I know cruise control also applies brake even if you're at 100% to maintain distance.

 

[philbish]

Just to be clear, you mean the 1-pedal braking was reduced, correct?

Don't use 1PD, never could get used to it. The brake required a good amount more, perhaps almost twice the force to stop, it was a little unnerving, but I guess when it has no place to go, that was my fault for going near 100%

Just figured it would make the brake pedal more grippy and used the actual brakes, rather than need to double the brake pedal usage. I'm used to Unbridled for a few years, so it's not crazy braking that was needed, rather I'd figured there would have been a warning, or it would have automatically compensated to have the 'brake feel' the same - if that makes sense.

Never had this issue and usually charge at most to 85 percent. This was the first time I had to charge at the office. Didn't have a location set, forgot, before I know it it was 2PM and it was 100%

 

[AtomicInternet]

I agree. While my 1-pedal regen being less effective makes sense, the computer should compensate with the actual brake when regen is less effective. I hardly ever use the actual brake, so I'm curious if other non 1-pedal have this same experience. Does not seem like a safe solution since the brake should be consistent.

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