One pedal braking

[HuntingPudel]

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Many many years ago, my first vehicle used 3 pedal, and in my opinion, the change from 3 pedal to 2 pedal was more drastic for me compared to going from 2 down to 1.

All of my other cars are 3-pedal. I still find myself sometimes reaching for the shift lever and clutch. ?‍?

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[DustyShades]

Yesterday on my commute I had a weird error I’ve never had in almost 3 years of ownership where 1PD wasn’t available.

when I got off the highway and had to use 2 pedals on the city streets and to park in the garage, I felt like I was having issues with stopping too suddenly because I had less control than I normally do with 1PD. I looked like a moron trying to pull into the tight parking garage space all the way….

 

[Blue highway]

That’s what I wonder, is it better milage than careful 2 pedal braking?

no

 

[olddoc]

my brain will just tells my right foot to apply pressure on the brake pedal.

I’m 91 and use 1PD exclusively. As I look to the future, however, I wonder how someone who has “grown up” with 1PD will have the necessary reflex to hit the brake in an emergency.

 

[Hoopajoob]

Do most of the knowledgeable members use this? Does it have safety data suggesting it is as safe as regular braking? It is a little scary to me as sometimes it is hard not to brake more quickly than I meant to. Is it worth it?

Good morning! 1 pedal definitely took us a few days to get used to buy It's going to help keep the charge level slightly higher on your battery if you're using it as well as have less wear and tear on your brakes.

 

[Blue highway]

Good morning! 1 pedal definitely took us a few days to get used to buy It's going to help keep the charge level slightly higher on your battery if you're using it as well as have less wear and tear on your brakes.

common misunderstanding that I attribute to Tesla...

the MME uses blended braking... in 2pd when you press the brake, it engages recharge till it is not enough deceleration and then it blends in friction brakes. Driven within the deceleration limits of recharge, you never use the brakes even with 2 pedal driving. Thus the same brake wear and battery recharge 1pd and 2pd.

Teslas don't do this... if you press the brake, there is no blend... it is just the brake. people assume wrongly that all eVs work this way... really just about only Teslas work that way.

 

[Larry Paul]

I’m 91 and use 1PD exclusively. As I look to the future, however, I wonder how someone who has “grown up” with 1PD will have the necessary reflex to hit the brake in an emergency.

I hear you...but I am confident that if you are driving a car, you will be trained on what a brake pedal is. (If it is not a full autonomous driving-that I would call riding, not driving).

I can't say as much for a car with a 3rd pedal and a manual transmission.

 

[david_quick]

Do most of the knowledgeable members use this? Does it have safety data suggesting it is as safe as regular braking? It is a little scary to me as sometimes it is hard not to brake more quickly than I meant to. Is it worth it?

It’s a comfort thing. I spent 12 years doing research on autonomous systems and human machine interaction. There is a concept where human trust that the machine will not do unpredictable things make it more likely that the human will cede increasingly more control to the machine.

Basically the more you use the system and see it does what you expect the more comfortable you become and more willing to cede control.

When I bought my car I was already pretty willing to let the car do its thing. I used 1PD from the first couple minutes driving and never turned back.

 

[Maquis]

All of the cool, good-looking members use it.

I use it as well. ?

 

[Pony's Clare]

This is good to know, thank you. I think I’ll stick with two pedal myself.

I've used 1PD for over a year now and haven't once considered changing back.

 

[dono]

Think about the safety factor. With 1PD your slowing down the instant you take your foot off the accelerator. That may be the difference in a panic stop in not hitting the vehicle in front of you.
I tested deceleration on an icy hill and found that my AWD Mach-E slowed down the fastest in 1PD and engaged mode. If I was in unbridled it brought in the anti-lock brakes which made it slide faster. This was without stepping on the brake pedal.

 

[Jeff-NoVA]

I love it and wish our ICE vehicle had 1 pedal!

 

[Art]

Do most of the knowledgeable members use this? Does it have safety data suggesting it is as safe as regular braking? It is a little scary to me as sometimes it is hard not to brake more quickly than I meant to. Is it worth it?

1. One pedal driving is one of the best options on an MME.
2. I can go on a 40 mile round trip to a shopping area without ever using the friction brakes.
3. I can exit one highway by lifting my foot to make the first curve and press the accelerator to merge onto the next highway.
4. On a panic stop, when I lift my foot off the accelerator the car begins to stop even before I hit the brake pedal. I don't see a faster way to stop the car.

 

[Opa]

I stay on “whisper” with a hope that it’s easier on the tires and mileage. The first month I showed off to my friends how it could accelerate, but I’m over that now. Maybe I will give the one pedal a try again in low traffic situations.

after playing around with the different tunes, I have settled on unbridled; the breaking is much more aggressive in one PD than the other two modes, acceleration is much smoother as it is steering and as far as I can tell the so-called “distance hit”is nominal to insignificant on the road trips I take (300-700 MI which is the only time I really care about distance)

for me, using 1 PD and adaptive cruise control makes driving in stop and go traffic(which we have a lot here in Huntsville!) A stress-free experience.

 

[VindictivePantz]

Big fan, and while I only drove a Tesla Model Y for a week as a rental a couple of years ago, Ford's 1PD is much smoother and natural than what I experienced with the Tesla. Tesla's felt like a switch as it really had an aggressive slow down when lifting off the pedal. Ford did a good job with theirs - or I just did not find the right option in the 14 menus on the Tesla.

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