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Re:Tesla Model S Service Contract: $600/Year, Or Warranty Vo... by kmanlives on Monday October 08, 2012 @11:47AM (#4627385)
Take a look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regenerative_brake

Yes, the leaf has standard brakes... but it also uses regenerative braking to recapture some of the car's forward momentum without using the brakes.

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Re:Tesla Model S Service Contract: $600/Year, Or Warranty Vo... by cshesse on Monday October 08, 2012 @12:29PM (#4627583)
And any forward momentum captured this way is not absorbed by the brake pads, thus they last much longer.
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