You could use the brake pedal for that.
No, because the brake pedal ALSO activates the physical brakes at some point (which I have no way of telling when they activate). Hence the term 'Brake Pedal'.
Somewhere along the lines the range rules were slightly tweaked so that range was calculated with the default settings or most used setting (I no longer recall just which exactly). That’s when Tesla eliminated the creep type settings in favor of all regen all the time. For the range ratings.
That assumes you are coming to a stop and things are cut and dry. When we talk about "coast", we mean zero energy being transferred around the drivetrain. Driving with 1PD means you have to have the exact pedal position for that to happen. If anyone can tell me how to achieve that in the Mach-E with little to no effort, I'm all ears. As it is, there's no power meter for the vast majority of our cars, and I'm not talking about "butt feel" when it comes to accelerating or decelerating.
Isn't the Taycan a 2 speed transmission? If so, that explains the clutch (or whatever method they are using to change gears). The easiest way to accomplish a mechanical disconnect is via one way sprag device but those might not handle the torque very well.....and they would only function in a forward gear but that would suffice for the discussed application.
You can tell when the physical brakes grab, usually. Just depress the foot-movable regenerative activation lever in the footwell until your passengers are fully enmeshed in the windshield, and you will know that you have engaged the physical brakes. If you're stepping hard enough to engage the friction brakes, you probably need to engage the friction brakes.
Paddles should be attached to the wheel so when you are turning it is accessible, GT, Formula, Indycar, and I think now NASCAR all use paddles which are very accessible. With the case of these though you generally aren't turning the wheel super far when you need to interact with them, or the wheel doesn't turn much to begin with. The exception to this rule is WRC where they use a fairly large push/pull paddle because in their case they need a stationary set of controls. The Formula E regen paddle is a useful concept, but the idea is you should be pulling a paddle like a regen (or even a clutch in many series like the various Formula series) paddle that you shouldn't be needing to interact with it mid-corner.
How is that possible? With RB I'm putting kinetic energy back into the battery. With friction brakes I'm just turning kinetic energy into heat. If what you say is true why have RB if it doesn't provide more energy than friction brakes?
The presumption about coasting is that you don't use the brakes at all.
You can't "Turn Off" regenerative braking, you can only turn off 1 Pedal Drive. With 1 Pedal Drive deselected, the vehicle still uses regenerative braking when you press the brake pedal during normal driving operation.
Because when you use the brake pedal, you are still using regenerative braking. The friction brakes are used when the regenerative braking system can't fulfill the stopping request. I.e usually at low speed when coming to a stop. Or in a panic stop situation.
