misk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agoEuropean crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controlsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1393arrow-down11
arrow-up1392arrow-down1external-linkEuropean crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controlsarstechnica.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoAnd the insane thing is that some (most? All?) models with it don’t light the brake lights when slowing!
minus-squareDyf_Tfh@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agohttps://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-safety/brake-lights-can-fail-to-provide-fair-warning-on-some-evs-a9533519285/ TLDR : The US doesn’t have regulations on the maximal allowed deceleration before brake light activation. But the EU does. Seem to be mostly a Hyundai/Kia thing that they are currently fixing.
minus-squareuis@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agohttps://youtu.be/U0YW7x9U5TQ TLDR: The US requires brake lights to activate when deceleration is intended.
And the insane thing is that some (most? All?) models with it don’t light the brake lights when slowing!
https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-safety/brake-lights-can-fail-to-provide-fair-warning-on-some-evs-a9533519285/
TLDR : The US doesn’t have regulations on the maximal allowed deceleration before brake light activation. But the EU does.
Seem to be mostly a Hyundai/Kia thing that they are currently fixing.
https://youtu.be/U0YW7x9U5TQ
TLDR: The US requires brake lights to activate when deceleration is intended.