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[Fuse 19]

What a rather stupid idea, if your foot slips off the peddle you start braking.

[Kevin Wood]

What a rather stupid idea, if your foot slips off the peddle you start braking.

.. and after a week you become a rather liability should you decide to drive any normal car.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

But your average Nissan driver has no idea how to drive anyway...

Far cough 

Saw the new micra the other day. Nice looking little car.

It`s not exactly little 

It's all relative

Yes......a Micra is far smaller than Betelgeuse.

[jimmy944]

I went to look at a new one the other day as I was passing a dealer and I rather like them, with the exception that there is no reach adjustment on the steering wheel so there's no way I could get comfortable in one, which was a shame.

Financially it would make a lot of sense for me, and given that very shortly my entire commute will be subject to always-on motorway speed cameras, speed is no longer a factor in my choice of daily commuter, its all about the comfort and refinement.

[Doctor Gollum]

Hence the Volvo

[jimmy944]

Hence the Volvo

Comfort yes, refinement, definitely no. Though that said the leaf is quicker by some margin at UK road speed.

[Andy B]

At what point will it decide to put the brake lights on?  When you lift off completely or immediately when you start to lift the pedal?

I vote stupid idea too.

[Kevin Wood]

Ahh, on further investigation.

1) You can turn it off
2) You still have a brake pedal for heavy braking

So it appears to be a mode that simulates a large amount of engine braking when you lift off.

Still a daft idea that will form bad habits, and what about the scenario when you think it's engaged but someone has turned it off, etc?

[jimmy944]

At what point will it decide to put the brake lights on? When you lift off completely or immediately when you start to lift the pedal?

I vote stupid idea too.

It is based on the rate of deceleration, much like the systems on some cars that will put the hazards on once a certain level of emergency braking is detected, although obviously the brake lights kick in sooner than this 

I haven't tried it, but by all accounts (from people who have used similar systems on other EVs) it becomes very intuitive very rapidly. Most EVs allow you to vary the level of regenerative braking and this is just an extension of those same systems.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

At what point will it decide to put the brake lights on? When you lift off completely or immediately when you start to lift the pedal?

I vote stupid idea too.

It is based on the rate of deceleration, much like the systems on some cars that will put the hazards on once a certain level of emergency braking is detected, although obviously the brake lights kick in sooner than this 

I haven't tried it, but by all accounts (from people who have used similar systems on other EVs) it becomes very intuitive very rapidly. Most EVs allow you to vary the level of regenerative braking and this is just an extension of those same systems.

Which is often no more than a gentle dab of the brake.

[STEMO]

At what point will it decide to put the brake lights on? When you lift off completely or immediately when you start to lift the pedal?

I vote stupid idea too.

It is based on the rate of deceleration, much like the systems on some cars that will put the hazards on once a certain level of emergency braking is detected, although obviously the brake lights kick in sooner than this 

I haven't tried it, but by all accounts (from people who have used similar systems on other EVs) it becomes very intuitive very rapidly. Most EVs allow you to vary the level of regenerative braking and this is just an extension of those same systems.

I have enough trouble jumping between the wife's manual and my auto. I really don't need a third option to fry my feeble brain.

[STEMO]

Anyway, if you're gonna fick about with toy car features, why not go the whole hog and put a joystick in there?

[steve6367]

The e-pedal. You'd have to train your brain a bit before you went out with that bugger.

I drive my current Leaf with just the 1 peddle 95% of the time - very relaxing and the Omega takes some getting used to after!

The only difference with the new one is it will apply the actual brakes and bring you to a stop rather than only using regen.

Steve

[Doctor Gollum]

The Tesla model Ss that I have driven can be set to maximum braking regeneration. Lifting off will drop a considerable chunk of speed as the energy get put back into the system...

Not a new idea, a decent truck exhaust can be set to slow the vehicle to almost a full stop when the accelerator is released. Certainly found the Volvo VEB+ to be particularly effective in this regard

Both will show the brake lights, for those that wondered.

[steve6367]

The Tesla model Ss that I have driven can be set to maximum braking regeneration. Lifting off will drop a considerable chunk of speed as the energy get put back into the system...

Not a new idea, a decent truck exhaust can be set to slow the vehicle to almost a full stop when the accelerator is released. Certainly found the Volvo VEB+ to be particularly effective in this regard

Both will show the brake lights, for those that wondered.

The only new bit here is the Nissan system will use the friction brakes and actually stop the car completely