I was able to verify today that the production Model S will have driver selectable Regen from 0 to 100% and variable in 100 steps, driver selectable. This is a great option.
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I was able to verify today that the production Model S will have driver selectable Regen from 0 to 100% and variable in 100 steps, driver selectable. This is a great option.
Very cool! I will almost certainly dial in 100%, though.
and wear off the real tires even faster
I was able to verify today that the production Model S will have driver selectable Regen from 0 to 100% and variable in 100 steps, driver selectable. This is a great option.
I was able to verify today that the production Model S will have driver selectable Regen from 0 to 100% and variable in 100 steps, driver selectable. This is a great option.
According to a Tesla rep in Greenwich, the current Model S Alpha prototypes have infinitely adjustable driver regen. Perfect! I fervently hope production cars retain this feature. But I got the feeling that the company may be leaning toward no driver-adjustability at all for the Model S, along with jarringly strong built-in regen like that of the Roadster. “You’ll get used to it,” the rep told me.
"...jarringingly strong" regen of the Roadster?...I wish the regen on the Roadster was both a little more consistent & a little stronger...
Nik:Is that more up to date than this from TTAC, based on a reservation-holders event last week?
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/07/tesla-model-s-customer-blog-regenerative-braking/
Awesome. I wonder what power level they will define as 100%.I was able to verify today that the production Model S will have driver selectable Regen from 0 to 100% and variable in 100 steps, driver selectable.
Isn't this the same as the Roadster? 0% with pedal pushed but no power to motor, up to 100% with pedal fully released. That's 100% of regeneration, which is pretty strong. Or are you getting that there is a different lever which determines how much regen the pedal manages: Dialing in 10% regen, pedal fully released gives you only 10% regen? Is this for those who cannot maintain a steady pedal pressure at zero power on and zero regen? From what I have read, Roadster owners say they get used to managing regen with the power pedal in about 30 seconds, so it doesn't sound as fearful as some have imagined it will be.
The other major auto makers are worried people will be too freaked out by regen and won't buy their car if it has the regen the Roadster has.
I'm guessing that 0% will be regen-which-resembles-conventional-ICE-braking (the default?) and 100% will be a more Roadster-like behaviour.
There are those who want what they had before. Even if it's not as good. David has only test driven a Roadster so he has not felt the regen benefits of stop and go traffic, canyon driving oer seen the mileage gains from regen.
Surely 0% would be coasting, no regen at all ? And I seriously hope that there is NO default, that whatever setting you dialed in last time is kept.