Electric cars prove we need to rethink brake lights
Just watched this while eating. It's half an hour long, so here's a summary:- He owns a 2022 Hyundai ioniq 5, USA version- The brake lights generally work fine, however when in one-pedal mode (i.e. accelerator does regenerative braking for the first X% of travel) they only activate when the vehicle is about to stop so long as the driver has the accelerator ever slightly depressed- This is a problem because the regenerative braking is quite strong - he goes from 60 mph/96 kph to 0 in 13 seconds and the stop lights never illuminate- He thinks this should not be allowed and Hyundai should recall the cars to fix this- However, in the US this is perfectly legal - regenerative braking is not considered as part of the "service brake", so illuminating the stop lights is not required- The EU on the other hand just fixed this gap in the law in March, by requiring that stop lights be illuminated whenever the deceleration exceeds 1.3 m/s^2