Adjusting Regenerative Braking
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Yes. Press the drive mode, and make the change. It's right there.
Does the car still regen from brakes when you use them if you turn it off? I have to check again to be sure but when I turned it off and used brakes, it didn't look like car was charging (at least based on the display)
That is not ideal at all. I may not like one pedal drive (ie I prefer the car to just coast when I release accelerator) but when I press the brakes I always expect an EV to use regen first to slow the car down and onlly apply actual brakes if I press the pedal more and regen isn't enough. That's pretty much how every other EV I used behaves.
That may be so, but Lucid was specifically designed for performance and driving Dynamics, and I have yet to experience any vehicle that blends regen braking with physical brakes in a way that actually feels good.
There's also something to be said for regen actually being off when it's set to no regen.
Personally, I'm very happy with the settings available on the lucid.
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Yeah I don't think its that difficult to get used to either. But if you use adaptive cruise in traffic it will use regen all the time unless it needs to brake harder. Then you can press no pedals
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Interesting. That’s not how any EV I’ve ever used works, afaik.
It works like that in the Volvo C40. And I have to double check, but I think in to wife's GV60 as well.
Keep regen on STANDARD and turn on CREEP drive mode. That's the way many of us do it, that like 2PD rather than 1PD.
Unfortunately Lucid still hasn't fixed the CREEP setting so that is saves to the driver profile (or stays the way it was last set), so you have to change it every time getting in the car (with foot off the brake).
I've heard automotive journalists call it "Blended Braking". Seems like a way to get ICE-accustomed drivers into an EV without the learning curve of one-pedal operation.
The Air was my first EV and I learned one-pedal in a few days and never considered switching "back"; in fact, I cranked the Regen to High. I enjoy the benefit of instant braking response when something unexpected happens; no fiddling with foot movement. The only drawback I've noted is long interstate drives when you want to relax your right ankle for a moment, but at least we have Drive Assist for that.
It is just the sensible option and Lucid is the only car I have seen that does it (still have to verify).
Even in ICE cars, newer cars will have some regen breaking for 12v battery so when you press the brake pedal it first does regen and then applies the physical brake. It is not something driver would notice though since car is slowing down as you expect. In my EQS, I could turn off regen but then when I brake I can see the car is being charged. In most cases physical brake wouldn't even engage since regen can be very effective at slowing down. Same in our Ariya.
Even in ICE cars, newer cars will have some regen breaking for 12v battery so when you press the brake pedal it first does regen and then applies the physical brake. It is not something driver would notice though since car is slowing down as you expect. In my EQS, I could turn off regen but then when I brake I can see the car is being charged. In most cases physical brake wouldn't even engage since regen can be very effective at slowing down. Same in our Ariya.
Our Macan has a good blended brake pedal. Our Mach-E was pretty good at it too.
There's some logic to being able to turn the regen off completely, but you give up a lot of efficiency. What's missing on the Gravity is a happy medium. Standard regen is still VERY strong, like an 8 on a 1-10 scale. There's nothing softer other than none at all. They could use a 5. Especially when dropping out of ACC which can be harsh when not matching pedal speed exactly.
You don't need 1PD to get instant slowing (i.e. when lifting up the accelerator pedal). That's just having regen on.
1PD is simply whether the car does the final stop after regen ends at about 3 MPH (HOLD mode), where it applies friction brakes for you rather than having to do the final stop with the brake pedal.
If you do like it off (you'll lose a lot of efficiency) part of the time, you can program the joker button on the steering wheel to rotate Regen between STANDARD, HIGH, and OFF.
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My Polestar 2 and Genesis G80E also had blended breaking.