Contrary to what your comment scoffs off, he does know about engine braking and downshifting a manual transmission.It's clear this person has never heard the term "engine braking" or ever driven a manual transmission car.
Given that all cars are required to meet national specifications before they can be registered I doubt the veracity of these claims. Moreover, when I have been able to observe the operation of the brake lights they appear to perform in the way I would expect.Contrary to what your comment scoffs off, he does know about engine braking and downshifting a manual transmission.
In any case, he brings up a good, solid point. Brake lights SHOULD come on with enough decel, no matter if it comes from the friction brakes, the regen system, or the old-standard engine braking or downshifting a manual transmission. At least double-check and see what circumstances trigger the lamps
I know that with Virgil (my 2019 Ioniq 28kW Limited) when I'm on Regen 3 without Adaptive CC on the brake light doesn't light unless my foot is fully off the pedal, and if I press it lightly, the light near instantly turns off. And Regen 3 slows me down quicker than dropping from 5th gear to 3rd did in my old '99 Wrangler. (There was a time where she wouldn't shift into 4th gear at all, so I had to do a lot of skip-shifting. One bent shift fork and a throwout bearing later...)
If you watch the vid he dives into the specific wording of the laws that this falls under. I will note that in a comment he has pinned that there IS laws that take care of this in the EU that he missed in his research until late in the video, and he asks to be forgiven for missing it as he went more in depth in US federal law than he did on your side of the pond.Given that all cars are required to meet national specifications before they can be registered I doubt the veracity of these claims. Moreover, when I have been able to observe the operation of the brake lights they appear to perform in the way I would expect.
I agree. The entire purpose of brake lights is to provide warning to other road users that you are slowing down. ANYTHING that reduces your reliance on the (demonstrated lack of) skills of other drivers is a good thing.I get that manual ice vehicles can engine brake, but most Americans are too busy texting to realize you are engine braking! This will cause accidents.
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My guess is the Europeans will force a recall before the US does.Whether you think a lack of brake lights on strong (but not foot-right-off) regen braking is a concern or not, it is certainly ridiculous that that is the situation when driving 'manually', but there is a ridiculously sensitive brake light response when in cruise control. Hyundai has got it wrong, they're either too sensitive or not sensitive enough, you can't have it both ways.
Its certainly the responsibility of the following driver not to hit you, but given the number of texting and generally inattentive and drivers out there, I don't want to be forever making insurance claims and waiting for Hyundai parts to prove the point.
