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Originally Posted by villagetinker
OK, you are driving 55 to 60 MPH on 44 and someone pulls out in front of you, and your car has ONE PEDAL operation, how do you slam on the brakes to avoid the crash? Follow-up question, since the car has one pedal operation does it have hydraulic brakes, I am sure regenerative braking cannot lock the wheels. I can more or less understand one pedal operation for normal driving, but i fail to see how this operates in an emergency situation.
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All Teslas have a brake pedal which you can use if you feel the need or during an emergency, however, the car systems will sense and react to a vehicle pulling into your path quicker than you can apply the brake pedal. The car with brake itself, apply the brakes mechanically, to make an emergency stop and or the car will move to avoid the impending crash. Regenerative braking can be used for most stops and so there is no need under normal operation to use the brake pedal and as the brakes are applied less often there is very little wear on the disk brakes.