Good stuff guys. Thanks for the feedback... I have confidence the team at Aptera will figure out a solution. From all I've researched they have some awesome engineers, technicians and employees. I also love the ethos of the company including the right to repair and sustainability. GO APTERA!!!
My "Gen 1" Chevy Volt does not turn on the brake lights except when I step on the brake pedal. I've read that this was changed for the Gen 2 Volt. Now they also come on when deceleration passes a threshold like it would when switching the car to high regen mode at high speed with no foot on the pedals. This increases safety greatly if you're being tailgated and don't notice it.
I expect Aptera will learn from Chevy's experience.
I understand the Aptera is equipped with regenerative braking, that is you can ease off the accelerator pedal and the motor helps to slow the vehicle down. At the same time the battery is charged. Additionally, the Aptera is equipped with an electric braking system whereby application of the foot brake will apply drum brakes to bring the vehicle to a full stop.
I'd like to know when do the brake lights actuate to alert drivers from behind you are slowing the Aptera down or bringing it to a full stop. Do they actuate only when the foot brake is applied or do they light up when regenerative braking is implemented? I understand the Aptera will have multiple settings for regenerative braking to increase the the braking force. If you have it set to the strongest setting I'd expect the brake lights to actuate.
Perhaps we could go with a yellow deceleration light and a red brake light like on a number of busses now days. Yellow for mild deceleration and red beyond a certain threshold. This could even come primarily off the GPS based on rate of speed change. An accelerometer might get confused with enough regenerative braking to maintain a steady speed going down a steep grade (I live in the Rocky Mountains west of Denver, lots of steep grades around here). A GPS would sense a true change in speed vs a forward force.
Good stuff guys. Thanks for the feedback... I have confidence the team at Aptera will figure out a solution. From all I've researched they have some awesome engineers, technicians and employees. I also love the ethos of the company including the right to repair and sustainability. GO APTERA!!!
My "Gen 1" Chevy Volt does not turn on the brake lights except when I step on the brake pedal. I've read that this was changed for the Gen 2 Volt. Now they also come on when deceleration passes a threshold like it would when switching the car to high regen mode at high speed with no foot on the pedals. This increases safety greatly if you're being tailgated and don't notice it.
I expect Aptera will learn from Chevy's experience.
I always wondered about that too.
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My son owned older EVs including a Volt, I3 and now a Bolt and it varied on the models that had regen
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I understand the Aptera is equipped with regenerative braking, that is you can ease off the accelerator pedal and the motor helps to slow the vehicle down. At the same time the battery is charged. Additionally, the Aptera is equipped with an electric braking system whereby application of the foot brake will apply drum brakes to bring the vehicle to a full stop.
I'd like to know when do the brake lights actuate to alert drivers from behind you are slowing the Aptera down or bringing it to a full stop. Do they actuate only when the foot brake is applied or do they light up when regenerative braking is implemented? I understand the Aptera will have multiple settings for regenerative braking to increase the the braking force. If you have it set to the strongest setting I'd expect the brake lights to actuate.