Regen braking non adjustable ? Deal breaker for me.

[Saint Alban]

I chatted with a Slate rep online and they said, as of right now, the one pedal driving/regen is not adjustable and cannot be turned off. I don’t like it, but I’ll deal if that’s how it’s gonna be.

 

[latetothebox]

I don’t like it, but I’ll deal if that’s how it’s gonna be.

Same - my experience with EVs is that you get the most range with throttle regen set to zero (I assume because I am an imperfect human and can't hold the spot between accel and decel for long periods of time). I want real-time control of regen, but there's too much I like about the Slate for that to be a deal-breaker for me.

 

[007]

From what I've seen in the videos, it's "heavy" regen.

 

[Rocks]

From what I've seen in the videos, it's "heavy" regen.

Might be why cruise control is standard.

 

[tubes]

The engineer driving with tech Dani said that it has hill hold at least.

 

[007]

The "hill hold" looks like the automatic parking brake feature on my Mazda.

 

[Maple894]

Slate once again following the lead of Tesla, who locked-in one-pedal on most models in 2025, supposedly because incompetent drivers kept turning it off, engaging the mechanical brakes and then complaining about their mileage. So Tesla stopped giving them a choice. As electronics have improved with large-band-gap semiconductors, energy recovery has become so efficient that the advantages of coasting have mostly disappeared, and most drivers, especially inexperienced ones, will likely get better mileage in one-pedal mode. Slate probably decided they couldn't risk having their EPA mileage rating slip below the psychologically important 200 mile mark, which might happen if they didn't lock down the regen settings. Still, many people clearly want a choice, and most automakers somehow manage to allow regen adjustment without trashing their mileage rating. So I'm miffed that Slate chose not to. I'm old enough to remember the fun of coasting up and down hills in a compact 1980's EV propelled by the inertia of half a ton of lead batteries. I'm told I will like one-pedal once I get used to it, but to me it doesn't seem like “fun to drive”, it seems like the opposite.

 

[EV Trek]

The engineer driving with tech Dani said that it has hill hold at least.

In the SAE video he definitely said Auto Hold, which is different from hill hold. Hill hold only engages on slopes and auto hold engages any time you come to a stop. That is how it works on my Equinox EV.

 

[tubes]

Yeah, I misspoke. Thanks for the correction.

 

[E90400K]

Never driven an EV, nor a 1PD, but this old dog looking forward to new tricks.

I test drove a Mach E back in 2023. If you look at it, the Mach E has very large front disk brakes. As an sports-oriented ICEV guy, I was loving the huge pie plates the Mach E has as brakes thinking, "this thing will brake awesome!"

The saleslady I was with on the test drive was terrible. She had no idea how to sell an EV. So, as I was test driving the Mach E, I was letting off the throttle fully and applying the brakes. Made for a shitty first impression of the Mach E to my uninitiated EV driving style that did not account for 1-pedal.

I'm assuming the Slate 1-pd will be akin to a manual transmission ICEV when you throttle-lift. The benefit I see will be in heavy traffic because there will be no ICEV auto transmission creep that you have to hold back with the brakes.

 

[danielt1263]

No one seems to have spotted on off button for 1PD.

There is a menu that can be displayed on the screen when the vehicle is stopped. It is controlled using the cruise control pad (up/down/select/back). There might be something in there to turn 1PD on/off.

That said, I don't think there will be. I think 1PD is going to be mandatory.

 

[tubes]

There is a menu that can be displayed on the screen when the vehicle is stopped. It is controlled using the cruise control pad (up/down/select/back). There might be something in there to turn 1PD on/off.

That said, I don't think there will be. I think 1PD is going to be mandatory.

We did not see it in this video where this guy cycles through all those options from the cruise control. It could be in the app, but I doubt it:

https://www.facebook.com/reel/2085917642340563

 

[Trace26]

A "power flow" bar would probably help with learning to control the 1 pedal driving. So you can see when the regen starts and how much.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

A "power flow" bar would probably help with learning to control the 1 pedal driving. So you can see when the regen starts and how much.

I agree with this sentiment. My Model 3 has one though it’s not as prominent as it originally was. The problem is in use, it becomes a distraction from driving responsibilities. With just a little practice it soon becomes easy to tell acceleration from deceleration without looking at an instrument panel.

 

[tubes]

I agree with this sentiment. My Model 3 has one though it’s not as prominent as it originally was. The problem is in use, it becomes a distraction from driving responsibilities. With just a little practice it soon becomes easy to tell acceleration from deceleration without looking at an instrument panel.

Reminds me of the learning process of optimizing driving a car with a manual transmission.