Chris L
Member
Low/Normal/High options would be good. There may be hardware limitations as the A/C output from the motor has to be rectified to D/C to charge the battery — not a problem to do that, but they have to decide to do it. I think they (and other EV manufacturers) do not want EV drivers to get so accustomed to using regen for all their braking, that someone causes an accident because they forgot to use the more powerful friction brakes, and then either of the parties sues Tesla for encouraging reliance on the magnetic brakes. And the stronger you make the magnetic brakes, the less drivers will think to use the friction brakes. There needs to be more discussion and education, and industry-wide standards so the operation of regen works the same for all EVs.
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