Of course the MS has had limited regen braking triggered from the accel pedal lift off. It also has had completely separate friction braking from the beginning.
But starting with the autopilot cars, Tesla has been using the iBooster as a brake booster. That's specifically designed to apply additional regen when the brake pedal is applied and is designed to use regen for deceleration rates of up to 0.3 g. After that, it uses the friction brakes and it's designed to be so smooth that you can't tell where one stops and the other starts.
The iBooster is made by Bosch and I've never seen any statements from Tesla about their implementation. I've never seen anything from them saying that they use regen with the iBooster, which is one of its primary features. I've never seen anything from them that says they use the iBooster only to integrate automatic braking with autopilot and don't use the regen braking capability of the iBooster for regular driving.
I can't see why they would start using the iBooster and go out of their way to bypass a feature of it and leave untapped regen and make brake dust instead.
Can anybody confirm that Tesla has said something one way or another about using regen with the iBooster from the application of the brake pedal?
For add'l info see: http://chargedevs.com/newswire/boschs-new-ibooster-improves-regenerative-braking-2/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8RsWGs7Ls0
But starting with the autopilot cars, Tesla has been using the iBooster as a brake booster. That's specifically designed to apply additional regen when the brake pedal is applied and is designed to use regen for deceleration rates of up to 0.3 g. After that, it uses the friction brakes and it's designed to be so smooth that you can't tell where one stops and the other starts.
The iBooster is made by Bosch and I've never seen any statements from Tesla about their implementation. I've never seen anything from them saying that they use regen with the iBooster, which is one of its primary features. I've never seen anything from them that says they use the iBooster only to integrate automatic braking with autopilot and don't use the regen braking capability of the iBooster for regular driving.
I can't see why they would start using the iBooster and go out of their way to bypass a feature of it and leave untapped regen and make brake dust instead.
Can anybody confirm that Tesla has said something one way or another about using regen with the iBooster from the application of the brake pedal?
For add'l info see: http://chargedevs.com/newswire/boschs-new-ibooster-improves-regenerative-braking-2/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8RsWGs7Ls0