misk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 9 months 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 · 9 months agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months 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-up3·9 months 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-up2·9 months 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.