Birdowin
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- First Name
- Matt
- Joined
- Mar 14, 2022
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- Location
- Portland OR
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- Rivian R1T / Tesla model S
- Occupation
- Retired from construction.
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Recently on a road trip while using Adaptive Cruise Control I noticed that the truck was using the brake pedal to regulate the distance between vehicles rather than regulating the speed with the accelerator. Seems to me that this could cause a lot of extra brake wear. You can test this yourself by setting adaptive cruise and getting behind another vehicle and then gently place your left foot under the brake pedal. You can feel the brake pedal being depressed as the truck comes up behind the vehicle ahead. One of the great things about a truck with such aggressive regenerative braking is that the brakes should last forever. (my wife's Tesla has 140k on it and we have not had to do brakes). Makes me wonder if Rivian could come up with an OTA fix for this.
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