Ody
I'd stop now (pun intended
).
You obviously haven't driven a BEV and only have a rudimentary theoretical idea of how they behave under braking.
The BEVs I have driven allow the driver to adjust the amount of regenerative braking just like a Tesla. They do it in slightly different ways but the principle is the same.
To understand the feel of a BEV's braking behaviour, it would be a good idea to do some practical research by actually driving one or two. And then let us know how you got on.
The conversation above is a bit like someone who has only used a Nokia phone made in the last century trying to understand how a new Apple iPhone behaves.
regards
Howard
Ha Ha, my first experience of regenerative breaking was on a coach over 30 years ago. In that system it was engaged by the driver pushing an indicator like stalk that connected a generator into the system operated in reverse so as to slow the coach. The electrical energy produced was dissipated as heat and the driver could control the amount of retardation by how far he pushed the stick.
This was an old system then as there had been numerous advances in anti-lock brakes, traction control and all the other stuff that happens invisibly to most users.
The VW diagram and explanation is designed for 8 year olds which is probably what VW imagine many of their punters ability to understand is. It does their customers a huge disservice to dumb things down to this level, but VW are steadfast in trying to sell Ice cars and making their BEV as like an ICE car as possible. This is why the default is coast, and the regenerative braking only comes on when one presses the brake. This is identical to what one experiences in an ICE car.
Sure these options can be adjusted but VW assume their punters want ICE like behaviour and that is why the car is delivered with coast as the option per Munro's video.
I find it amusing that you believe it is not possible to understand how something works without having one and playing with it. A lot of the things I work on are impossible to experience and one has to work out what will happen and make sure the machine is sufficiently robust to withstand the maximum stress it experiences and that it will operate reliably for the specified duration.
You may think that cars are very sophisticated instruments, but compared to a lot of technology they are primitive things, built as cheaply as possible with the engineers job mostly about maximising margins and creating something that someone in the lower regions of the bell curves for intelligence and common sense can operate.
Regards,