Firmware 5.9

[jkliu47]

Didn't the brake lights on the Tesla model illustrated in the About screen flash on and off before?

I was looking to when the brake lights come on upon slowing down due to regen... but I don't see them anymore on the screen.

And as an aside - is there any documentation as to how much regen turns on the brake lights?

 

[Kalud]

Didn't the brake lights on the Tesla model illustrated in the About screen flash on and off before?

I was looking to when the brake lights come on upon slowing down due to regen... but I don't see them anymore on the screen.

And as an aside - is there any documentation as to how much regen turns on the brake lights?

I don't recall the behavior of brake lights on the About screen, but I used the battery charging screen for that purpose. As far as I see it, the brake lights seems to turn on based on actual deceleration (G force) and not regen kW numbers. Easy to compare in city streets vs highway speed, you can get much more regen active at speed with the brake lights staying off.

 

[jkliu47]

@Kalud Thanks for the info. I may be mistaken about the About screen. Just checked and yeah the battery charging screen shows the lights (head and brake) working.

 

[zax123]

Yup it used to be on the about screen but they took that away a couple firmware versions ago. not sure why. It was very convenient...

 

[Gear]

Yup it used to be on the about screen but they took that away a couple firmware versions ago. not sure why. It was very convenient...

Yeah, I think it was removed for 5.x. It was there in the about screen in 4.5.

 

[NigelM]

I was looking to when the brake lights come on upon slowing down due to regen... but I don't see them anymore on the screen.

And as an aside - is there any documentation as to how much regen turns on the brake lights?

There's some good points in these two threads:

Do-brake-lights-always-turn-on-with-regen-?

Brake-lights-on-when-slowing-in-standard-regenerative-braking

 

[dtich]

Yup it used to be on the about screen but they took that away a couple firmware versions ago. not sure why. It was very convenient...

+1 .

 

[ken830]

We all liked the old About screen better.

 

[Mayhemm]

We all liked the old About screen better.

Yeah, definitely one of those "WTF Tesla?!" moments. Like burying Projected Range in the Energy App.