Brake lights

[Greg]

Having never owned a Tesla (yet) truck on order?. So many talk about using the regenerative brakes that they report seldom using brakes to stop. My question is, when you do let off accelerator do the brake lights light up to warn of slowing to a stop or only when actually applying breaks?

 

[Saskateam]

The brake lights do come on

 

[ajdelange]

They come on when the vehicle is slowing appreciably i.e. they are programmed to give the same warning to cars behind you as a ICE vehicle would when the friction brakes are applied. If you crest a hill on the freeway and take your foot off the accelerator or back it off the brake lights do not come on. If you take your foot off the accelerator at 35 mph in traffic they will. Not sure, or to be more honest, have no idea what the algorithm is. Related to the magnitude of negative acceleration perhaps.

 

[PACEMD]

Thanks for the responses here. I have been wondering the same with my P3D- but have never driven behind it or another Tesla. Not many Teslas here in Montana.