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For the 7 years I drove my 1st Gen Volt, I downshifted (D-L) when I wanted to increase the regen. D being the equivalent to Low and L being standard in the Tesla. My wife and most people apparently liked to drive in L. I found that "downshifting" was better as I did not lose as much energy if I wanted to coast in D and slow down in L. The 2nd Gen Volts had a steering wheel mounted switch (like a gear shifting switch in some sports cars) which I think would be better. The new Honda Clarity has an interesting system of steering wheel mounted switches to increase or decrease the regen with 4 settings. So my point is couldn't Tesla make one of the steering wheel mounted thumb wheels to "dial in" more regen as you want it? Elon are you listening?
The risk of leaving a reply unfinished on one's screen for an hour... but I guess we're all on the same page .Yes, exactly this. I was actually thinking of the paddle on the Volt as I posted, as I understand that it gives you the ability of using more regen when you want/need it, and then you can still brake when you need that, but then you can still "coast" when that's most efficient.
It seems to me that you'd have a more efficient car if you could coast when you could/needed to coast, and then apply regen as much as possible when - and only when - you wanted to slow down.
Maybe I'm missing something about one pedal driving in "high" or (with Tesla M3) "standard" regen. It seems to maintain your speed, you're always having to apply energy to offset the regen, since it's always on. You're never coasting, then, but always applying energy against the regen. You're never coasting . . .