John Voelcker March 24, 2017 Comment Now! One-pedal driving is rather like the experience of owning an electric car: it can be hard to appreciate until you've spend time doing it.

Having owned an EV for several months, a 2019 Nissan Leaf, I can appreciate a lot of those things. But my favorite thing about having an electric car is the fact it offers one-pedal driving.

Electric cars allow us to drive using only the acceletor pedal, AKA one-pedal driving. Regenerative braking stops the car without even using the brakes.

Porsche doesn’t believe in one-pedal driving. And its electric vehicles—including the 2020 Porsche Taycan—aren’t going to have the feature. “It is easier to control braking point and ...

As with other electric cars, when the driver relaxes pressure on the pedal, regenerative braking takes over. With an ePedal, though, if he takes his foot off altogether, the friction brakes are ...

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We’ve been waiting a long time for the Range Rover Electric – and we’ve got to wait a bit longer. But I’ve driven it off-road ...

The Kia EV6, the Volvo XC40 Recharge, the Tata Nexon EV Max … all these electric cars can be driven without using the brake pedal at all. Make no mistake, these (and all other electric cars ...

Easing off the pedal will reduce the car's speed, while releasing it will bring it to a stop and hold its position, even on an incline. Nissan says that users will be able to handle 90 percent of ...

As cars are increasingly capable of driving themselves, electric brake boost will make it easier to precisely operate the brakes as necessary. Electric boost can build hydraulic pressure more quickly.