Yep, regents usually kicks in when you lift off the accelerator. Alter KERS setting to adjust level of regen/vehicle slowing. No regen when auto cruising. Note: Regen does not kick in when EV charged to 100%.
You have to look at the power meter on the dash to see it happening as it feels like regen is slowing you down but it's the brakes until you come to a complete stop or touch the accelerator. (It only occurs if the car has already started slowing in ACC or Pilot)
Yeah you can be stopped in a queue of traffic and look a the power meter and see it at 6% which is crazy. There must be some feedback though as pressing the brakes much harder will zero it. Have I mentioned I find it annoying?
How lightly are you tapping the brakes to bring your car to a stop then??? Normal stopping pressure should be enough to disengage the drive, I find it only holds power when stopped if i stopped on a hill, and just like using a clutch on an ICE car the car is 'holding' its position waiting for you to decide if you want to go or not. Just try using a bit more pressure on the foot brake when you stop.Yeah you can be stopped in a queue of traffic and look a the power meter and see it at 6% which is crazy. There must be some feedback though as pressing the brakes much harder will zero it. Have I mentioned I find it annoying?
I agree with you, braking with the pedal should be the exception, not the rule.It depends how you define braking!
But yes. On ZSEV regen only occurs with the equivalent of ICE engine braking, i.e. lifting off the accelerator and letting the vehicle do its thing. The vehicle is braking, but it's not the brakes doing it, if that makes sense.
The actual foot pedal connected brakes themselves are indeed just bog standard brakes as you would get in an ICE vehicle and are not linked to the regen in any way.
When I use them I feel a sense of failure for not having anticipated the road ahead properly
Light/hard enough to bring the car to a stop!
Mine does(Trophy Mg4), you have to press gently to give extra regen,(25%max) with service brake, they are fly by wire brakes and so can be/are linked with regen. Same goes for acc, it uses both.
If you press harder on the pedal when stationary, the power meter goes to zero.
And the handbrake comes on.If you press harder on the pedal when stationary, the power meter goes to zero.
Ah that's what the feedback is for. It's for the autohold if you have it on.
Turn off auto hold then it doesn't.
The brakes on the MG4 are very different to the Zs ev, they are now "fly by wire" and as such work together with regen.It depends how you define braking!
But yes. On ZSEV regen only occurs with the equivalent of ICE engine braking, i.e. lifting off the accelerator and letting the vehicle do its thing. The vehicle is braking, but it's not the brakes doing it, if that makes sense.
The actual foot pedal connected brakes themselves are indeed just bog standard brakes as you would get in an ICE vehicle and are not linked to the regen in any way.
When I use them I feel a sense of failure for not having anticipated the road ahead properly
No it doesn't. This thread wasn't about ACC as that's already known to not use regen. I was trying to point out that braking doesn't either, which was my first impression when I test drove one and has been niggling me ever since I got the car.
What's not to understand?
