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rogerrogerr 2 days ago

> With an EV you might accelerate to 57 and then brake to 55 when you let off the accelerator.

No one with more than a few miles of one-pedal driving would do this; it’d be highly unpleasant.

What actually happens is you remap your pedal inputs: all the way off is braking, somewhere in the middle is coasting. Your brain will do it automatically and OPD is far more pleasant than two-pedal driving after a trivial learning curve.

margalabargala 2 days ago | parent [-]

I agree that OPD is better. I disagree that it's easy to coast with OPD.

What actually happens is you wind up decelerating for curves, accelerating on straights more, and otherwise having better control of the car. Holding the pedal in a location where power is neither going to or coming from the motor is very difficult; usually you want power going to the motor anyway to overcome air resistance.

Also, consider that most EVs will automatically regeneratively brake when going downhill with cruise control on. The last ICE car I owned just coasted and would speed up on large downhills with cruise on.