shifting from reverse to drive

[gregincal]

1. There isn't anything unsafe about it. I do it all the time. Hyper milers do it all the time. People with manual transmissions do it all the time.
2. The post above says it is hard to modulate it. Which is it?

Seems to me it would b easier to give your foot a rest and not have feather the accel all the time to stay in neutral without generating any wasteful regen or accel when you don't need it.

But the question is how much more efficient is it? My guess is that one press on the brakes to slow down instead of using regen and you've already wasted any tiny amount of energy you saved from not spinning the electric motor.

Answer to #2: It's not at all hard to modulate

 

[jerry33]

The brake lights have nothing to do with whether you are in neutral or feathering the accelerator. The brake lights are based on accelerometers, so their behavior should be exactly the same.

They also come on when you press the brake pedal.