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Do your LIGHTNING's 'brake lights' work while under regeneration? There is now an OFFICIAL answer:
12/7/2022 10 a.m. west central Georgia...
A Georgia State Patrol car was behind me for several miles, in heavy traffic, thru 6 to 8 traffic lights,
with semi trucks in the right lane next to us, so no where 'else' for this trooper to go, other than to
stay on my bumper.
He could certainly clearly see my "240 V" Georgia tag the whole time.
Heading thru the lights, and never stopping by simply letting 'regeneration', in the 'Sport Mode', slow me to the point that I never got close enough to the vehicle in front of me to have to actually 'stop'... and even though this was through 6-8 traffic signal that WERE Red, it just so happened that none of them stayed Red long enough that I had to actually come to a COMPLETE stop. I never hit my brakes, not a single time.
Heading out of town, and knowing that I would have to turn LEFT to my home's road, I stayed in the left lane of a divided highway.
Traffic was heavy on the right, so I knew the trooper had no option but to follow me, or, so I thought. He actually WAS following me, and intentionally.
When I arrived close to my road, on a long downhill stretch, I stayed in the left lane, of course, and let regen do the 'slowing'. The trooper now stayed right on my tail, and was now FLASHING his roof lights. He even started beeping his 'pull over now' ALERTS. He even started his REAL SOUNDS when he started to get the idea that I was NOT stopping, or so he thought.
When I finally slowed, almost to a stop, to turn left, in the left TURN LANE, there he was, right on my tail in the turn lane with me.
I then knew he was after ME.
I stopped, by applying my brakes, and, while I had the 'brake hold' on, the truck stayed stopped, and was never put into 'Park'. He finally opened his door, after a pause, and started walking VERY meaningfully toward me. I had my window down. I had my arm out the window frame. I was relaxed. I had done nothing wrong.
"sir", he said, "I see that your brake lights are not working, matter of fact, so you know, I have been following you for the last 3 miles, thru 6-8 traffic lights and stops, and never once have your brake lights worked."
"sir', I started to say...but before I could get another word in, he intentionally interrupted me - "no sir, listen to me sir, your brake lights are not working, and you need to have them seen about, never once have they worked, I have been behind you thru more than 6 stop lights"...
"sir" I said, gingerly, "I respect what you have stated, and while you would be correct with most any other vehicle, this truck is an all-electric truck.
I don't always apply my physical brakes to come to a close stop, I simply let the regeneration of the motors to the slowing for me.
It's actually the way I prefer to drive, hardly EVER actually having to apply my brakes.
When I slow, I slow much quicker than other vehicles, even without applying any braking. What you saw today was me intentionally trying NOT to apply my brakes.
If you will walk back to the rear of the truck, I will now apply my physical brakes and you can check them."
"sir, apply your brakes several times", he said as he poked his head around the back of the truck.
"sir" he said as he walked back to my window, "I apologize for the inconvenience, as you are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, your brake lights are working just fine.
I have LEARNED SOMETHING TODAY THAT I WILL TAKE MY TO MY PATROL OFFICE AND OFFER TO THE STATE'S EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AS A LEARNING TOOL FOR ALL STATE PATROL OFFICERS GOING FORWARD." " I appreciate you understanding my concern, and you have a great day!" he stated with a smile.
He promptly put his ticket book back into his pocket. : )
We had a few last nice words, and then I was off to my home to plug in for a long trip.
Ain't life Grand? : ) Now we have an official answer.
over 9,000 miles, and loving it.
12/7/2022 10 a.m. west central Georgia...
A Georgia State Patrol car was behind me for several miles, in heavy traffic, thru 6 to 8 traffic lights,
with semi trucks in the right lane next to us, so no where 'else' for this trooper to go, other than to
stay on my bumper.
He could certainly clearly see my "240 V" Georgia tag the whole time.
Heading thru the lights, and never stopping by simply letting 'regeneration', in the 'Sport Mode', slow me to the point that I never got close enough to the vehicle in front of me to have to actually 'stop'... and even though this was through 6-8 traffic signal that WERE Red, it just so happened that none of them stayed Red long enough that I had to actually come to a COMPLETE stop. I never hit my brakes, not a single time.
Heading out of town, and knowing that I would have to turn LEFT to my home's road, I stayed in the left lane of a divided highway.
Traffic was heavy on the right, so I knew the trooper had no option but to follow me, or, so I thought. He actually WAS following me, and intentionally.
When I arrived close to my road, on a long downhill stretch, I stayed in the left lane, of course, and let regen do the 'slowing'. The trooper now stayed right on my tail, and was now FLASHING his roof lights. He even started beeping his 'pull over now' ALERTS. He even started his REAL SOUNDS when he started to get the idea that I was NOT stopping, or so he thought.
When I finally slowed, almost to a stop, to turn left, in the left TURN LANE, there he was, right on my tail in the turn lane with me.
I then knew he was after ME.
I stopped, by applying my brakes, and, while I had the 'brake hold' on, the truck stayed stopped, and was never put into 'Park'. He finally opened his door, after a pause, and started walking VERY meaningfully toward me. I had my window down. I had my arm out the window frame. I was relaxed. I had done nothing wrong.
"sir", he said, "I see that your brake lights are not working, matter of fact, so you know, I have been following you for the last 3 miles, thru 6-8 traffic lights and stops, and never once have your brake lights worked."
"sir', I started to say...but before I could get another word in, he intentionally interrupted me - "no sir, listen to me sir, your brake lights are not working, and you need to have them seen about, never once have they worked, I have been behind you thru more than 6 stop lights"...
"sir" I said, gingerly, "I respect what you have stated, and while you would be correct with most any other vehicle, this truck is an all-electric truck.
I don't always apply my physical brakes to come to a close stop, I simply let the regeneration of the motors to the slowing for me.
It's actually the way I prefer to drive, hardly EVER actually having to apply my brakes.
When I slow, I slow much quicker than other vehicles, even without applying any braking. What you saw today was me intentionally trying NOT to apply my brakes.
If you will walk back to the rear of the truck, I will now apply my physical brakes and you can check them."
"sir, apply your brakes several times", he said as he poked his head around the back of the truck.
"sir" he said as he walked back to my window, "I apologize for the inconvenience, as you are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, your brake lights are working just fine.
I have LEARNED SOMETHING TODAY THAT I WILL TAKE MY TO MY PATROL OFFICE AND OFFER TO THE STATE'S EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AS A LEARNING TOOL FOR ALL STATE PATROL OFFICERS GOING FORWARD." " I appreciate you understanding my concern, and you have a great day!" he stated with a smile.
He promptly put his ticket book back into his pocket. : )
We had a few last nice words, and then I was off to my home to plug in for a long trip.
Ain't life Grand? : ) Now we have an official answer.
over 9,000 miles, and loving it.
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