One pedal driving vs KERs

[mike9876]

Hi I have taken delivery of my new camden grey S5 having upgraded from a ZS EV and everything is fine so far. I am very happy with it. This is the first car I've had with one pedal driving, and what I was hoping some one could explain is, is the energy recovery better on one pedal driving or normal mode with the recovery set on high. Also I right in thinking when in adaptive cruise control there is no recovery, I never see the minus numbers on the display when the car slows in this mode

 

[5teep]

One pedal ( or level 3 kers) is really only good for town driving, don't use it on the open road. You'll use more energy trying to keep the speed up than you save with the extra regen.

Apart from that, play with the settings to see what works best for you. I tended to drive in Eco and level 2 kers all the time, hardly ever went up to level 3 as most of my driving is out of town. Level 1 kers works best on long downhill runs where you want the maximum regen and least speed drop. Since downhill runs like that are far between I didn't use it much either

 

[kevin ellard]

Hi I have taken delivery of my new camden grey S5 having upgraded from a ZS EV and everything is fine so far. I am very happy with it. This is the first car I've had with one pedal driving, and what I was hoping some one could explain is, is the energy recovery better on one pedal driving or normal mode with the recovery set on high. Also I right in thinking when in adaptive cruise control there is no recovery, I never see the minus numbers on the display when the car slows in this mode

Energy recovery is the same but KERS 3 requires more accurate pedal control but less moving you feet over to the brake pedal.
Keep checking the figures when on ACC - My MG5 Trophy definitely recovers energy while on ACC but the MGS5 is a completely different car so anything is possible.

 

[5teep]

Hi I have taken delivery of my new camden grey S5 having upgraded from a ZS EV and everything is fine so far. I am very happy with it. This is the first car I've had with one pedal driving, and what I was hoping some one could explain is, is the energy recovery better on one pedal driving or normal mode with the recovery set on high. Also I right in thinking when in adaptive cruise control there is no recovery, I never see the minus numbers on the display when the car slows in this mode

Ah, just noticed you said S5, this should go in the MGS5 forum @admin?