Electric cars prove we need to rethink brake lights

Re:Electric cars prove we need to rethink brake lights by MattGrommes on Thursday May 25, 2023 @01:37PM (#36073658)

My 2020 Bolt does the right thing also. I only wish the lights would stay on while I'm stopped at a light but that's minor.

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Re:Electric cars prove we need to rethink brake lights by mrguyorama on Thursday May 25, 2023 @03:05PM (#36074701)

Do you not hold the brake when you are stopped? I know electric cars don't have to creep like an automatic ICE, but I drive stick and still hold the brake at a stop because not randomly drifting forward or backward is safer and it also is important in the rare case of getting rear ended

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Re:Electric cars prove we need to rethink brake lights by Sohcahtoa82 on Thursday May 25, 2023 @03:35PM (#36075090)

I don't know about GM, but in a Tesla, if you have 1-pedal driving enabled, then it automatically holds the brake. And the brake lights stay on.

> I know electric cars don't have to creep like an automatic ICE

They don't have to, but funny enough, it's an option in a Tesla. My wife uses it simply because it's what she's used to.

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