Technology ConnectionsMay 25, 2023

New video comin' out soon.

I'm torn between two titles: I'm discussing a problem which is made obvious by electric cars, and I spend a lot of time discussing the specifics of the problem. Most of the video's runtime is spent dealing with electric cars and one-pedal driving.

However, the problem affects pretty much all new cars these days - electric or not.

Should I stick with "Electric cars prove..." in the title for the clicks, or is it better to go with "New cars prove..." ?

"Electric"
35.1%
"New"
64.9%
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Show threadH. A. KirschMay 25, 2023
@TechConnectify I'm ass/u/me-ing that this is about brake lights and 'when you aren't pressing the accelerator’?
Show threadJoão Tiago RebeloMay 25, 2023
@hakirsch @TechConnectify came here to say the same thing. I'm sick and tired of people complaining about "look at that driver, always with their foot on the brake pedal, they don't know how to drive" (forgetting the driver might be on an automatic and only the brake pedal brakes the car) and then comes a newer car with one pedal driving and they go "where did that brake check came from" because they couldn't see the car was slowing down with its motor/regen and not showing any brake lights on.
Show threadJoão PinheiroMay 25, 2023
@jt_rebelo @hakirsch @TechConnectify

May I add something I love? People that love braking and only afterwards and very calmly use the turn signal! Oh God, how I really love them!
Show threadTechnology Connections

@joao @jt_rebelo @hakirsch I dislike this very much, too, however - when you have the combined stop/turn signal lights we do here, it's arguable less ambiguous to brake first, then pop on the turn signal.

Which is yet another reason we should abolish that setup, but I figure it's worth pointing out

May 25, 2023 at 3:14pmWeb
Show threadJoão Tiago RebeloMay 25, 2023
@TechConnectify completely right and I think I'll try and find out if any newer cars people around me have with this problem, actively. The "GM could figure it out in 2016" should be shameful enough for everyone else to fix it.
@joao @hakirsch