The Brakes are engaged by the vehicle when it detects an emergency. Occasionally, a few dozen software updates ago, when you went thru a big dip in the road the brake occasionally grabbed for a second, before the car calculated that you were not in danger.

For one pedal driving the setting is for maximum regeneration, the brakes are still active. Also, the brake lights come on when you back off on the accelerator and the car is slowing down, the will let cars behind you know you are slowing down.

I don't know how Tesla works, I own an Ionic 6, when I have my car on cruise control, and I don't have my foot on the pedal and a car in front of me either slows down or cuts in front of me my car slows down to match their speed to avert a collision.

I have the ONE PEDAL option on my electric BMW i5. The quicker you lift off the gas the faster the braking. You can always use the actual brake pedal if it’s an emergency situation. However, these cars can react much faster than a human can react. The LiDAR can “see” objects quicker than your brain can react. By the time you react and slam your foot on the brake in an emergency, the car has already done the same thing and it’s mostly just an automatic response by you in an emergency situation.

Btw you don’t have to use the One pedal option when driving. You can just put it in drive and it operates (yet will still will react in an emergency ) as a traditional car or put it in One Pedal mode where you use the gas pedal also for braking. It’s very fun driving with the One Pedal mode.

My Kia Soul has this. I agree, very nice.

This is why I am two footed driver...one in the break and one on the gas...when in any kind of traffic. I say a good bit of potentially vital time not having to move my foot up, to the left, and down again.

I bought my wife a Cadillac Lyriq to celebrate a milestone birthday. She swore she’d never want an EV. She loves it and one pedal driving. It is quick to get accustomed to and GM did a great job on the braking algorithm. Since 99% of her driving is 50 miles or less per day there is no range anxiety and recharging in the garage and never having to stop to refuel at a gas station is great.

We are waiting for our Tesla now and have previously owned a Model 3. Great cars. The best ev’s ever made but to think all cars can be electric is ridiculous. And yes, you may never need to touch your brakes. Superb pick up. Cannot wait to get it. Our particular model has a range of 402 miles but if you use ac or heat and radio, that is reduced, just like a gas auto. Just as an aside, outside of the self driving feature, accidents are caused by the operator not the car.

The "one pedal" driving is a feature. There's still a brake pedal

Friend of mine demonstrated FSD in his Tesla recently. I thought it was amazing the way it automatically passed a slower car that was in front of us.
He does pay around $100 a month for the FSD which one can cancel at any time.

I still want to be in control with a brake pedal. So many new safety car features are great.

Watch this video. You can watch the whole thing but the car stuff starts at about the 8 minute mark. YouTuber Fools Tesla Autopilot With A Painted Wall (Updated) It does not answer your question but has more to do with auto-braking on different cars.

Lots of controversy with that video, read the story too. Turns out he shuts off autopilot manually a few seconds before it goes into the wall, and he did multiple takes to get it right (or wrong depending on how you look at it) and stitched them together to get the desired effect. And he’s using autopilot, not FSD.

Here's a video of FSD on a Tesla, it avoids the plastic. And the people.
https://x.com/boolusilan/status/1901892814377750828

Will Tesla become the Edsel for this generation?

Nah.:girlneener:

We’re in the way home from a 2000 mile trip to the Ozarks and our first big road trip. The car has driven itself at least 90% of all of the miles we’ve covered.its not perfect but it is astounding how good it is. Even on twisty two lane roads.

Joe