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One of the functions that I've paid attention to with my e-tron is the Brake Regen. I was under the assumption that aggressive regen is more efficient than coasting, so I setup my car for Manual Regen, and always double-pull the left paddle to get Max Regen. BUT, watching a review of the Taycan I heard a comment that the Porsche team believes that coasting is far more efficient than Brake Regen, therefore the Taycan was build very much like the e-tron in that it does NOT have a one-pedal functionality such as some of the other EVs in market.
I assume this is VERY dependent on driving style and/or whether driving on city/highway conditions. Without Regen, I can see the efficiency if you lift early and coast to a stop. I have noticed with max regen, I tend to lift early (as I'm conditioned with an ICE vehicle), but always end up pressing the accelerator again to reach my stopping point. This means I'm probably on the accelerator longer with max regen than if I was coasting.
The funny thing is my driving style is certainly more 'aggressive' than efficient, but questioning whether I set the regen back to Automatic (or Manual with minimal regen), or continue my current behavior of always setting to max regen when I get driving.
And I won't get started on the car going back to previous Regen setting when coming off of Cruise Control....
Thoughts?
I assume this is VERY dependent on driving style and/or whether driving on city/highway conditions. Without Regen, I can see the efficiency if you lift early and coast to a stop. I have noticed with max regen, I tend to lift early (as I'm conditioned with an ICE vehicle), but always end up pressing the accelerator again to reach my stopping point. This means I'm probably on the accelerator longer with max regen than if I was coasting.
The funny thing is my driving style is certainly more 'aggressive' than efficient, but questioning whether I set the regen back to Automatic (or Manual with minimal regen), or continue my current behavior of always setting to max regen when I get driving.
And I won't get started on the car going back to previous Regen setting when coming off of Cruise Control....
Thoughts?