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Old 02-01-2016, 04:04 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sendler View Post
The one pedal drive scheme also "free wheels" but does it at a partial position of the accel pedal instead of at off pedal.
Yeah, but that requires a large dead zone in the accelerator to be able to keep it in coast mode. I try to hit that point on my Prius plug in, but it's extremely difficult. I suppose wasting a few hundred watts as I coast isn't a big deal, but it would be more efficient if I could achieve 100% coast.

The thing is, they should have allowed the coasting mode to be selected since it doesn't add any cost to the vehicle. It's just a software mode that requires no additional hardware.
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