Ford Lightning one pedal drive

[ka-chow]

I just have settled into Sport Mode. No one pedal. Seems to be my happy place. There’s plenty of regen there anyway. But doesn’t feel so abrupt.

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[Mmiketa]

Better than regen to the battery, I have used my OBD reader to show the hydraulic pressure in the brake system during a typical 2PD stop that showed 100% energy returned. The brake pressure is zero. No friction brakes used (except at the end to hold the stop). I've posted the graph from CarScanner in one of the several other threads on this topic.

Why is that better than regen to the battery? No one is saying that your brakes were applied if brake coach says you got 100%...so we know that the hydrolic brake pressure is 0 without the OBD reader. The number that would shut everyone up (I think) is to see at max regen for both modes how much power is going back to the battery. If one achieves more regen than the other, we have our answer.

 

[Zprime29]

Why is that better than regen to the battery? No one is saying that your brakes were applied if brake coach says you got 100%...so we know that the hydrolic brake pressure is 0 without the OBD reader. The number that would shut everyone up (I think) is to see at max regen for both modes how much power is going back to the battery. If one achieves more regen than the other, we have our answer.

Bingo, I've started logging my trips to see what the max flow into the battery is while I'm driving. I'll give it a week, grab the highest and then attempt the same with 1 pedal. I'll also try to max it out though I don't want to brake check anyone so it will be situational if I can pull that off.

 

[Firn]

I didn’t say for everyone. I specifically said that it is not for those who can’t figure it out or don’t want to.

That is literally stating it is better for everyone...

It's great you like it, but I constantly use cruise and regularly coast down for various speed changes, traffic conditions, and other events. I can literally push one button on the steering wheel, that is better than having to hold the gas pedal and modulate speed. Same for light traffic on the highway. In fact it's the same for many of the stop signs and intersections here.

 

[potato]

Why is that better than regen to the battery? No one is saying that your brakes were applied if brake coach says you got 100%...so we know that the hydrolic brake pressure is 0 without the OBD reader. The number that would shut everyone up (I think) is to see at max regen for both modes how much power is going back to the battery. If one achieves more regen than the other, we have our answer.

Because if the friction brakes are not used, there is nowhere else for the energy to go but into the battery. If you measure battery power in/out, that does show that some amount of regen is happening, but due to blended braking there could also be some energy wasted as heat if the friction brakes are applied at all. If the friction brakes are not applied then no energy is wasted. It is physically impossible for 1PD to recover more energy than 2PD if the friction brakes are not used.

If you disagree with that last sentence, then please explain where the kinetic energy went if not all of it went back into the battery via regen.

 

[rdr854]

Thread title FIXED, now if the OP could fix his vehicle description, that would be awesome

It’s quasi fonetik!!

 

[Henry Ford]

That is literally stating it is better for everyone...

It's great you like it, but I constantly use cruise and regularly coast down for various speed changes, traffic conditions, and other events. I can literally push one button on the steering wheel, that is better than having to hold the gas pedal and modulate speed. Same for light traffic on the highway. In fact it's the same for many of the stop signs and intersections here.

0PD. That's a new one to me.

 

[Henry Ford]

Having one steering wheel to steer in both directions is better than one steering wheel to go right and another wheel to steer left!

Two steering wheels is more efficient.

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