• Is this due to engine braking or your journey just happens to not involve stops/traffic etc?

  • "Engine" braking. The motor spins backwards as soon as you lift off the throttle and, if the battery is up to temp, the regen is enough to bring the car to a complete stop from motorway speeds in the same way normal (not emergency) braking would.

    Essentially unless you're a shit driver or there's a genuine emergency situation that couldn't have been anticipated, you don't need to touch the brake pedal at all.

    At a stop, the electronic handbrake is also automatically applied so hill starts etc do not require the brake either.

  • Thanks for that insight. It’s all news to me and rather interesting.
    Chance of me buying an electric car is zero due to lack of charging points here but maybe that will change in the future.

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