misk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 7 months agoEuropean crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controlsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1378arrow-down11
arrow-up1377arrow-down1external-linkEuropean crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controlsarstechnica.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoAnd the insane thing is that some (most? All?) models with it don’t light the brake lights when slowing!
minus-squareDyf_Tfh@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agohttps://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-safety/brake-lights-can-fail-to-provide-fair-warning-on-some-evs-a9533519285/ TLDR : The US doesn’t have regulations on the maximal allowed deceleration before brake light activation. But the EU does. Seem to be mostly a Hyundai/Kia thing that they are currently fixing.
And the insane thing is that some (most? All?) models with it don’t light the brake lights when slowing!
https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/car-safety/brake-lights-can-fail-to-provide-fair-warning-on-some-evs-a9533519285/
TLDR : The US doesn’t have regulations on the maximal allowed deceleration before brake light activation. But the EU does.
Seem to be mostly a Hyundai/Kia thing that they are currently fixing.