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Re:GM says it will put fleets of self-driving cars in cities... by eggnet on Friday December 01, 2017 @01:12PM (#15825824)
All Teslas use one pedal driving. I'm under the impression that all EVs operate that way.

Edit: Yes of course, one pedal driving only applies to regenerative braking, normal brake pads are still engaged with a separate pedal. The Bolt works the same way. Imagine if simply releasing the accelerator slammed the brakes as hard as possible. That's a bad idea.

Re:GM says it will put fleets of self-driving cars in cities... by cbhl on Friday December 01, 2017 @01:16PM (#15825863)
The Nissan Leaf is notable for not using one pedal driving -- it is tuned to use two-pedal driving to feel like a gasoline-powered car.
Re:GM says it will put fleets of self-driving cars in cities... by madengr on Friday December 01, 2017 @01:40PM (#15826091)
I have a 2015 leaf. Put in ECO mode, then switch to B (braking) instead of D (drive). Plenty of regen for 1 pedal driving. Also, tapping the brake turns on the regen in normal D mode, without moving the brake calipers.

Supposedly, there is a recall mandated by NTSB that will mess up this 1 pedal driving. The NTSB does not like it because the brake lights do not turn on. I'm not having that done.

What I don't like is the "creep" that they put in to emulate an automatic (torque converter).

Re:GM says it will put fleets of self-driving cars in cities... by LeifCarrotson on Friday December 01, 2017 @03:15PM (#15826946)
> The NTSB does not like it because the brake lights do not turn on. I'm not having that done.

The NTSB must be ignoring the millions of manual-transmission vehicles which can be slowed down through engine braking without their brake lights turning on.

Re:GM says it will put fleets of self-driving cars in cities... by madengr on Friday December 01, 2017 @05:09PM (#15828112)
Sure, but they can't be brought to a stop with engine breaking.
Re:GM says it will put fleets of self-driving cars in cities... by LeifCarrotson on Saturday December 02, 2017 @11:12AM (#15832503)
"Braking". It can definitely come to a grinding, flaming halt with engine breaking. (Sorry, that typo is a bit of a pet peeve).

And you can easily get down to 5mph with engine braking, which is more than slow enough to be a problem if you don't have brake lights on.

Re:GM says it will put fleets of self-driving cars in cities... by jstanley on Friday December 01, 2017 @05:09PM (#15828113)
> tapping the brake turns on the regen in normal D mode, without moving the brake calipers.

Surely I'm not the only one terrified by this? Is there seriously a computer sitting between the pedal and the pads, and the pads don't move unless the computer says so?

Re:GM says it will put fleets of self-driving cars in cities... by Shivetya on Friday December 01, 2017 @01:21PM (#15825921)
not the new one. the new Leaf (never used/tried old one) has one pedal features with a .2g decel

the GM cars can work both ways, the L on the automatic puts in one pedal or as close to it as GM will allow. Using D is like any gas car and much simpler to stretch mileage for many in

Re:GM says it will put fleets of self-driving cars in cities... by revscat on Friday December 01, 2017 @01:17PM (#15825881)
This is incorrect. Teslas have both a brake and an accelerator. Releasing the accelerator causes regenerative braking to kick in, but they still have a brake.
Re:GM says it will put fleets of self-driving cars in cities... by dmode on Friday December 01, 2017 @02:29PM (#15826546)
Also, you can set the "Regen" braking to be low, when the car will essentially drive like an ICE car.
Re:GM says it will put fleets of self-driving cars in cities... by Jyaif on Friday December 01, 2017 @01:24PM (#15825941)
So does the Bolt (for obvious reasons, when you think about it).
Re:GM says it will put fleets of self-driving cars in cities... by dsfyu404ed on Friday December 01, 2017 @01:14PM (#15825845)
Like the "go" pedal on a hydro-static tractor?