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by m463 881 days ago
> Teslas, for example, illuminate the brake lights correctly when regenerative braking is used.

lol. my definition of "correctly" differs from tesla (and probably the engineering groups that recommend this).

I think it should be a setting so that you can make it come on only when you touch the brake pedal.

on twisty roads, this is especially annoying.

You are basically crying wolf, and other drivers will be desensitized to your brake lights, possibly when you really use them.

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Having no brake lights for regenerative braking sounds incredibly dangerous. Regenerative braking can slow the vehicle down quite quickly, and as the name "one-pedal driving" suggests, it's common to barely touch the brake pedal at all.

Perhaps a better version of your complaint is that Tesla has made the threshold for the brake lights too sensitive; but I would be curious how much observation went into drawing that conclusion.

I drive my manual and auto cars like this, downshifting instead of using the brakes and preventing dangerous acceleration. I often only use the brakes from 20mph and below (though may touch them during a downshift)

Thinking it's more dangerous is odd as it's a great example of fail safe.

You are basically crying wolf...

I think you misunderstand, or just don't understand at all, how regenerative braking or one-pedal driving works.

Why would it matter to other drivers whether you brake using regen or your brakes? Either way you're slowing down.
On a twisty road, having the driver behind you back off a bit more sounds like a benefit.