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Maybe done to increase EPA range ratings. That seems to be a hot button for shoppers of EVs.
Sales told me they removed it a "month or so ago". Makes no sense to me. Suppose I always want to use it to even out the transition back and forth to the way an ICE vehicle works. At the same time I find out that there's no "low", I also find out that regenerative braking doesn't get you much charging anyway. I'm supposed to worry about a couple extra miles of range when I'm faced with a potentially more serious issue.
I think it's been gone for a while. 99% of owners love one pedal driving.
Simple solution, don't buy it. There will be way more things for you to hyper focus on so I suggest you stick with old school boring ICE.
On my 3rd winter in MN with a RWD Model 3 and I've only used low regen once to try it. I find it is completely unnecessary in winter driving as cold weather reduces regen anyway.
Nicho, Thank you for your response. I'm in the mid-south so winter driving would not be my concern. I also don't care about the charging impact of regen. I would plan to drive between 20% and 80% as recommended. And again, I'm sure I will get used to whatever Tesla dishes out to me. It's when I switch to my wife's ICE SUV that I would like to be able to even out, between the ICE and Tesla, the way the car responds when my foot comes off the accelerator. Maybe I will be able to make the adjustment between the two later on, as others have said on this forum. But no one has been able to explain why the low feature can no longer be present on the Tesla. They've attacked me for being a troll or for being not bright enough to understand that vehicles are different. I'm simply hoping that someone at Tesla can explain this situation so that I am reassured without merely asserting that 99% of Tesla owners like it this way.
Anyone else out there care to chime in with something helpful?
I go back and forth between vehicles and it’s not an issue for me. 90% of my driving is with a TM3 with regen on high. When I get back into my wife’s truck (with low compression so hardly any engine braking), sometimes I do not start the braking early enough if the person in front of me slows down as I’m expecting the TM3 slow down quicker. Heck, my high compression motorcycles engine-brake at about the same rate as the Tesla at high revs so it’s the same thing. It takes just a few miles and is nothing to worry about. Definitely not a safety issue. If the person panic stops in front of you...no matter what car you are in, Tesla or not, instinct will take over as you sh!t your pants and jam on the brakes in exactly the same reaction time in both.
I think your over thinking. Really, don’t sweat it.
One more thing. While you may not get much sympathy on this forum, muscle memory is a thing. Some manufacturers actually build the regen into the pedal (the first few centimeters is regen until you press enough and then the friction brakes assist). I think this more to ease to EV transition than anything else. I agree with you, it’s just software and Tesla should have left it in there. They have all our data and they know exactly how many of us were using it and for how many miles driven. My guess it was a pretty low utilized feature and as said above, they got points, credits, or something for removing the feature so they did. Fear not though, you won’t miss it. I don’t concur with you it’s a safety issue.
Does this only apply to 2021+ Model 3s? My 2019 SR+ with latest software have the option for both...
It started on vehicles with a June 2020 build date or later. You have old hardware
There is an 8 page thread on the topic here
Tesla removes regenerative braking strength option