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Hertz Is Selling 20,000 Used EVs Due To High Repair Costs (arstechnica.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

This is always a user-enabled option. On the Chevy Bolt, it's a button on the center console that you have to activate every time you turn it on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The presence of the setting is appreciated, but not saving config or even just being a physical toggle switch is cursed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I imagine it's a safety thing. This way, every time you get into a Bolt (and possibly other EVs; I don't know how their switches are configured) it's in a known state. You will not be surprised (the hard way) when you pick it up from the mechanic, or your SO drove it previously, etc, and discover that it's in 2-pedal mode.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Except Tesla, where regen power is always at the maximum level.