Is your regen always set to high?

[halfricanguy]

If I decelerate significantly, but not enough for the brake lights to come on, I get paranoid that the driver behind me is not going to realize I’m slowing down and smash right into me. Especially in bumper to bumper traffic. I sometimes set regen to low during these times, so that I have more control over the brake lights.

Anyone else change their setting due to road or weather conditions? I can potentially see setting it to low would be beneficial in the snow.

 

[Nocturnal]

I'd probably turn mine to low if the roads were icy, but I don't worry about it any other time. Regen isn't much different than engine braking in a manual.

 

[Shizzrock]

Your brake lights come on during regen, so I don't understand your concerns.

 

[TeeEmCee]

I'd probably turn mine to low if the roads were icy, but I don't worry about it any other time. Regen isn't much different than engine braking in a manual.

Doesn't regenerative braking get turned off automatically at freezing temperatures (because of the possibility of encountering ice)?

 

[Msjulie]

Your brake lights come on during regen, so I don't understand your concerns.

Sometimes, depending on how quickly you are stopping ie based on rate of deceleration

 

[halfricanguy]

Your brake lights come on during regen, so I don't understand your concerns.

Not until they reach that threshold that the car determines the brake lights should come on. If they come on every time during regen, the brake lights would come on every time you slightly lift off the pedal, which doesn’t happen.

 

[outie]

I don’t think you need to worry about it as I find regen turning on brake light too early and too often under conditions that don’t warrant it.

 

[pipplo]

I keep mine on Low all the time but not due to road conditions. I didn't enjoy going back and forth between the 3 and the Outback and having such a different driving dynamic. If I didn't have to regularly drive an ICE vehicle I would otherwise keep it on all the time.

 

[Jedi2155]

The main thing is learning that your accelerator now does two things (moving and braking), and you can adjust your braking distance from there. I only switch to the manual brakes if I need that extra oomphf of braking.

 

[Shizzrock]

Not until they reach that threshold that the car determines the brake lights should come on. If they come on every time during regen, the brake lights would come on every time you slightly lift off the pedal, which doesn’t happen.

But they come on when you're slowing down enough to warrant them. I still don't understand your concerns. When you lift off the throttle in any car it slows down.

 

[Az_Rael]

Doesn't regenerative braking get turned off automatically at freezing temperatures (because of the possibility of encountering ice)?

Not exactly. In cold weather regen will be limited until the battery pack warms up. Once the pack is warm, regen is fully enabled no matter the road conditions. You have to manually turn it to low if you want that in snow/ice.

 

[JeffK]

I love regen just like I loved driving in a low gear back when I drove a manual.

 

[run-the-joules]

It's on "normal"… there's no "high" setting, at least on the RWD models. If there were, I'd use it.

 

[Jedi2155]

It's on "normal"… there's no "high" setting, at least on the RWD models. If there were, I'd use it.

I believe its Standard (High) and Low (Low) in all Model 3s.

Additionally, if you're close to a full charge, regen is severely limited to almost completely disabled. I left a charge at 100% SOC and I only about 95% of my regen (there must've been like 20+ dots) was gone.

 

[StellarRat]

At first I found "Standard" regen was pretty aggressive having come from a 2011 Leaf, but it's grown on me now and I enjoy the nearly one-foot driving it offers. I just wish Tesla would finish job and give us true one-foot driving.

 

[ℬête Noire]

First off, there is no "high" setting. There is Normal and there is Low.

Not until they reach that threshold that the car determines the brake lights should come on. If they come on every time during regen, the brake lights would come on every time you slightly lift off the pedal, which doesn’t happen.

Then setting it to Low regen doesn't avert this, right? It may change when it happens but if anything it'll be happening more often, as the Low regen will continue to slow the vehicle but less often that it will trigger the brake lights coming on.

 

[ℬête Noire]

I believe its Standard (High) and Low (Low) in all Model 3s.

"Normal" is the word the UI uses. Because it is considered normal on a Tesla.

Additionally, if you're close to a full charge, regen is severely limited to almost completely disabled. I left a charge at 100% SOC and I only about 95% of my regen (there must've been like 20+ dots) was gone.

This is true, somewhere around 85% SOC the dots start happening. There are so few then that most of the time you won't notice any effect. As your SOC rises the number of dots increases and the strength of the regen drops until it's near unnoticeable at 100%.

Also ambient temperature can have an impact, as a colder battery won't be able to accept charge as fast so regen is limited then, too. Plus it appears that Tesla curbs regen braking when ambient temp is low enough that the road could be icy. Very active automatic regen + snow/ice isn't good for handling.

 

[halfricanguy]

Fair enough. I just need to trust the car and my fellow drivers on the road (although the former I trust more than the latter )

 

[ℬête Noire]

Not exactly. In cold weather regen will be limited until the battery pack warms up. Once the pack is warm, regen is fully enabled no matter the road conditions. You have to manually turn it to low if you want that in snow/ice.

I saw last spring claims of people driver several miles in 40F weather and still being stuck with low regen?

 

[CTreast]

I want a one pedal option. I was really looking forward to more regen from my lead but would sosti like most