Regenerative Breaking

[G43FAN]

Video here shows the difference:

That's quite enlightening.. The ACC on my Tiguan only picks up on the car in front and steering input as far as I have ever noticed. I didn't realise the ID3 would identify things like roundabouts.

With regards to the video, the comment about where or why you would use B, I live in a hilly rural area and there are a lot of journeys where I am braking to keep within a 30 limit. Potentially would B be more useful in such an environment or would limiting the speed via Cruise control in D have the same effect anyway?

It's going to be an interesting learning curve.

[Deleted User 192]

I live in a hilly rural area and there are a lot of journeys where I am braking to keep within a 30 limit. Potentially would B be more useful in such an environment or would limiting the speed via Cruise control in D have the same effect anyway?

That would be a good use case for B OR using ACC with D - if you need to keep speed to a limit the latter is probably less to worry about.

Many of my journeys (at the moment!) are on local town roads, some with speed bumps or stop/start traffic - I use B for those, but D (with or without ACC) for other journeys.

[Daveion]

Video here shows the difference:



It is from Marcus EV

The video was useful. I can hear experienced EV owners bemoaning the discussion here promoting D rather than B and the joys of one pedal driving but maybe VW have pulled something off that was missing in other vehicles. The accelerator pedal is for acceleration and maintaing velocity.
The brake pedal is for braking whether that comes via regeneration or mechanical braking.
I am enjoying the drive in D and dont want to start slowing the second the accelerator pedal is lifted.
The added benefit of regen braking in the SW with regard to road layouts, speed limits, cars in front etc is something I want to understand more but for the moment Im enjoying the set up this way.

[simonrg]

The video was useful. I can hear experienced EV owners bemoaning the discussion here promoting D rather than B and the joys of one pedal driving but maybe VW have pulled something off that was missing in other vehicles. The accelerator pedal is for acceleration and maintaining velocity.
The brake pedal is for braking whether that comes via regeneration or mechanical braking.
I am enjoying the drive in D and don't want to start slowing the second the accelerator pedal is lifted.
The added benefit of regen braking in the SW with regard to road layouts, speed limits, cars in front etc is something I want to understand more but for the moment Im enjoying the set up this way.

When it behaves itself, I like the 0 pedal driving that the ID.3 is capable of.
Set ACC and just steer - car slows down for corners, roundabout, cars in front, coming up to junctions etc..
Just have foot ready in case need to manually intervene or come to a complete stop.
Possibly slows down a bit too much for roundabouts and accelerates a little too quickly when speed limit changes, but pretty impressive.

[OllyExeterID3]

Having played around, I can agree that 'D' mode and ACC are incredibly efficient for many longer journeys/ring roads and areas where it is beneficial to maintain speed rather than have to keep accelerating from too much regen.

For me, I still use 'B' mode lots in our corner of rural Devon - mainly due to narrow country lanes and 20% gradients that mean having the 'safety blanket' of immediate deceleration is incredibly useful for reaction time and ease. Saying this, using D mode through bends and winding lanes is quickly becoming my favourite way of driving - in good conditions it is unparalleled in ensuring you only decelerate when needed rather than unnecessarily. That is an unexpected bonus that is a world away from the severe one-pedal driving of our i3.