Date:         Fri, 28 Jul 2023 21:54:25 -0700
Reply-To:     David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Friday privilege
Comments: To: Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@gmail.com>
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I in fact asked the salesman I dealt with about this today.  He stated that
the brake light does not illuminate with deceleration in regenerative
braking drive mode.  I will personally test it tomorrow with my wife
watching for me.  Surely if the lights did not illuminate, CR would have
included the ID.4 in its list of vehicles affected.  mcneely

On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 12:47 PM Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@gmail.com>
wrote:

> excellent. My info came from
>
> https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-safety/brake-lights-can-fail-to-provide-fair-warning-on-some-evs-a9533519285/#:~:text=While%20most%20of%20the%20EVs,Hyundai%20Ioniq%205%20SEL%20AWD
> which states that most will do but some don't:
> While most of the EVs in CR’s fleet did illuminate their brake lights
> appropriately during aggressive regenerative braking, several of them did
> not, even when deceleration levels were considered more aggressive. Those
> include:
>
> 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5 SEL AWD
> 2023 Genesis GV60 Advanced
> 2023 Genesis Electrified GV70
> 2022 Kia EV6 Wind AWD
> 2023 Kia Niro EV Wind
>
> On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 3:42 PM Dug Smith <dug@dugbert.com> wrote:
>
> > The brake lights come on when you're slowing down in my Chevy Bolt...
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxMxAr5uNyc
> >
> > On 7/28/2023 12:07, Karl Ploessl wrote:
> > > this "active regenerative braking" is a curse for the people following.
> > > Without the use of the brake pedal, the brake lights are not activated,
> > yet
> > > the electric car slows down. The following driver has no clue what is
> > going
> > > on.
> > >
> > > Karl.
> >
>