All this bit about 1PD giving you more regen.... I bet most of youse guys blow that regen out the window when you floor it to get onto the freeway, etc., ....
This is a "feature" being discussed around the web right now. It's a comfort thing that is unnecessary.
If you have just inches to spare in your garage to fit the truck in, it's A FEATURE and not a comfort...
For me it's because I hate it. I've trained my brain for 30 years to use two pedals and use the momentum of the vehicle to save fuel/energy. I do not want to try and untrain my brain at this point. 1PD is WAYYY too aggressive with regen braking and it's just annoying to have to keep applying pedal pressure to coast down to a stop sign, red light, or down a hill on a rural road. I honestly don't think it saves much energy because what you get back in regen you spend applying throttle at times you normally wouldn't.
Do you 2P drive with 2 feet??
Incorrect. Regardless if you use 1P or 2P, once the vehicle speed gets slow enough, it MUST fade in friction brakes. The reason is there simply is not enough momentum to be able to create much electricity from the motors when they are acting as a generator. As I said, I have watched the brake system pressure in both 1P and 2P mode. In similar braking condition, the brake system pressure is as identical as can be seen with CarScanner.
You can creep forward with 1P drive. It isn't hard and I do it at stop signs and red lights on right turns all the time. More efficient to not have to move your foot to break.
I also invested in two devices, IIRC, that other forum members suggested in previous posts, both of which are available on Amazon: sonar distance sensors and heavy rubber curb stops. I have a little more room to spare, about 8 to 10 inches, but I try to allow 2 to 3 inches for my rear bumper and tailgate to clear the garage door, and still maintain at least 5 to 6 inches clearance from the front wall (which you call the back wall). The hardest part is keeping the sonar sensors taped to the front wall without permanently gluing or screwing them in place. I haven't found a painter's tape yet that won't slowly peel off in summer heat and humidity.
Try some alien tape, even if it unsticks you can wash it off and restick it. If you don't mind permanence can't go wrong with 3M command? tape. The grey double sided stuff.
Agree. My son uses 1pd and where he parks at our house he backs as close as he can to a brick wall where I have put up a fiberglass bounce pole.
After 62k miles I fully believe that 2P is "in practice" more efficient than 1P. Both modes are equally capable, but the precise driving that would be required in 1P, especially at highway speeds, make it harder to achieve max efficiency.
Agree completely! Thank you Ford for the choice.
Exactly...That is why Titles like this are annoying. Implying that if I am not driving the way you like to drive, there must be something wrong with me. I only use 1PD if I am stuck in stop and go traffic. The rest of the time, I prefer the precision and comfort of 2PD. As others have pointed out, the OP's point about regen is incorrect. 2PD can have just as much efficiency as 1PD, if not, the difference is almost negligible.
