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by Toutouxc 1736 days ago
In the case of emergency, the car can either lock the brakes up and die, or do nothing and die. There's no other option, there's no mechanical backup, no braking pawl, no gear to shift in. Do you consider "being unable to secure the car in one place" the safer option?
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Why is there not a hand lever pulling a cable attached to the rear brake calipers? There's nothing about an EV precluding this mechanism we've used forever.
I don't think most modern premium cars have parking brake systems with hand lever anymore, even ICE cars?