The behavior varies by car and car firmware. Most do show brake lights under moderate regen (about 25 kW). The rules for brake lights historically only applied to the regular friction brakes, not other ways to slow a vehicle down. Technology Connections on YouTube covered this.
On Sat, Aug 9, 2025, 10:40 redscooter via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > when drivers use strong 1 pedal regen driving in traffic the brakes > lights do not come utill the last 5-10 miles per hour to total stop. > > this can cause possible rear ending. I'm used to following gasers that > there brake light show much more. my older leaf has weaker regen so I > must use brakes , which shows drivers behind me, i'm stopping or > slowing. > > i also flash my brake lights when slowing in heavy traffic. > > someone needs to work on a fix for brake lights to come on under heavy > regen. > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20250809/c3935964/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
