Regenerative Braking
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YES. Earlier thread confirmed. Somebody drove with a friend trailing to observe. Cannot remember precise thread, but yes.
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Brake lights come on when deceleration is above a certain value; not just when you lift your foot off completely.
Recently I drove at night on a country road with center stripe reflectors. There was no other traffic so I could experiment. Look in the rear view mirror when it's dark and you can see the reflection of the brake lights when they come on.
Recently I drove at night on a country road with center stripe reflectors. There was no other traffic so I could experiment. Look in the rear view mirror when it's dark and you can see the reflection of the brake lights when they come on.
19 I-pace HSE Polaris/Fuji white with most options and a lot of accessories
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Tested brake lights with ACC and Regen
As discussed on this forum, I've experienced more tailgaters than in my ICE car. Worried that some drivers might be confused, I decided to test when the brake lights come on with the adaptive cruise control set and during high/low brake regeneration. With my wife following me I drove a loop...
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Here's a link to a post I made on another similar thread when my curiosity about this finally pushed me to rig an experiment for this: Brake lights & regen
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Your brakes lights do come on. When the car slows down to 3mph to a stop your brake lights come off so hold the brake pedal at light or stop sign. I know this cause I have a bike rack on my ipace and at night I can see the reflection on my mountain bike.
Off topic - but what bike rack are you using? Just curious as I’m considering that on mine.
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The bike rack designed by Jaguar specific for the ipace. You can see it on the ipace web site.
Wish they still sold that version! Only one I find that they sell anymore is the roof-mounted ones (unless I’m totally missing it)
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It's very difficult to get the rear mounted cycle carrier. It's not offered in US anymore. There is a whole thread about it: Rear Mounted Cycle Carrier?
Personally I've tried to get it for 6 months and just yesterday I received yet another email that they cannot get it and will send me a refund. They said no one wanted to do dealer-to-dealer trade with them, but I got the list of dealers that supposedly still have it. Here it is if you want to give it a shot. I gave up and decided to wait for my Rivian R1T to carry bikes around:
JAGUAR SOUTHWEST HOUSTON
HOUSTON
Texas
7135963000
PARETTI IMPORTS INC
METAIRIE
Louisiana
15044552101
Jaguar Palm Beach
West Palm Beach
Florida
5616596206
Jaguar Rancho Mirage
Rancho Mirage
California
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Jaguar dealers can order these for you. $895.
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NO!!! My car does not! I had my husband drive behind me while I was driving to the dealer for a service call. He said they NEVER came on unless I had actually pressed the brake pedal (confirmed over the phone). Got to the dealer and questioned them. They said Nope. At least 5 years away from that. I am going to have to do this experiment all over. For the last year or so, I seriously thought the lights came on when at a certain speed of slowing down. Now, I have to tap the brakes for the drivers behind me to show them I am stopping. Which is totally a pain since I drive one pedal most of the time.
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Mine come on as soon as I let off the gas pedal. I see it every night on reflection of cars behind me. Below 5mpg they go off and I need to use brake pedal.
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I think I saw an article claiming that at some point all new cars will come with inertial brake sensor. So the lights will come on whenever the vehicle is slowing down more rapidly than certain threshold, no matter which controls you're operating. Would probably be even better to make it proportional (brighter for more intense braking).
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