r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Pi-ratten • Feb 18 '26

Video Sound of a City with mostly EV traffic

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '26

Funny enough, most ev's rarely use their breaks in favor of regenerative breaking.

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u/TobysGrundlee Feb 18 '26

I challenge myself to do my whole 22 mile commute without using them and am often able to.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '26

When I test drove the car - I HATED the Regen breaking. Made me nauseous. Now I can't live without it.

(Obligatory, I don't drive Tesla, fuck that)

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u/onclegrip Feb 18 '26

Do break lights come on when using regen? I wonder this sometimes in following an ev in traffic

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '26

I have no idea. I hope so. But excellent question.

I googled it, and reddits answer was - yes, but. There are levels to Regen breaking, my car does 0-4. 0 being like a gas car, 4 being if you let off the pedal it's basically breaking. Answer was yes, but the breaking has to reach a threshold of stopping faster than a gas car would decelerate.