I have owned my Leaf for 10 months and love it... the e pedal is easy to get used to and a great feature.... but you don’t have to use it if you don’t want to. I use it all the time.
linglingjr ... I use it all the time, I find it an easier and smoother drive especially in traffic. The stopping time feels to me about the same as depressing the brake peddle gently. It’s becomes a matter of getting used to the timing, taking your foot right off the gas in anticipation of a stop and coming to a comfortable stop... if I sense I have miss-timed it I apply the brake. The acceleration is smoother, no transmission popping in and out, and the braking is smoother and for me safer... the second you take your foot right of the gas pedal you start to slow.
@@robhoward1368 and if i simply dont want to acelerate or brake and just let the car go? how does the car know where do i want to acutally stop, where should i release the pedal if i want to stop near something?
@@hugo5826 I'm still getting used to it, but think of the driving pedal as a game. The more you press down, the faster it will speed up and the brake is applied based on how slowly you take pressure off off the pedal. Take pressure off slowly and it will slow down slowly. Take your foot off the pedal completely and it will treat it as if your are trying to stop quickly. There are different levels of taking pressure of the pedal depending on how quickly you decide to brake. In an emergency, your instincts will likely kick in and apply the brake pedal as well if you really need to stop.
Problem I would have is sometimes, say on a motorway, I would occasionally just move my foot of the pedal. I wonder how other drivers would view me doing a near emergency stop in the fast lane?
We'd be happy to offer some clarification. The Nissan LEAF has two traditional pedals. When activated, the e-Pedal allows the driver to accelerate, decelerate and stop the vehicle by using a single foot pedal. By simply releasing the accelerator, the car will come to a smooth and complete stop without the need to press the brake pedal. Your conventional brake pedal is still there so you may stop on demand. Thank you for your interest.
On the hwy you'd likely be using the cruise control, upon an emergency stop you'd still use your break as any other car or truck and yes the rear brake lights would come on. The entire point of one pedal driving is regen braking to restore some energy to your battery pack It's so simple and saves wear on your brakes. Looks like most EV's have some sort of regen braking
Hi "Grim"" ;-) You would not normally choose to use e-Pedal mode on a motorway. That's really for around town/city traffic driving, when it's GREAT. Instead use Cruise Control with Pro-Pilot for motorways and dual carriageways. B-)
So your natural driving instincts, you slam a brake pedal down to stop, So whilst getting to grips with the pedals, you need to brake suddenly, you'll either hit nothing but floor or you'll rocket yourself towards whatever from slamming the only pedal down.
Rest assured, the Nissan LEAF comes equipped with two pedals. Once the e-Pedal is activated, it enables the driver to accelerate, decelerate, or stop the vehicle. Your conventional brake pedal is still there so you may brake on demand and, should you want to, coast. Thank you.
Trust me. If you need to stop immediately, your instincts will go for the brake pedal. I'm still getting used to it and so far so good. Only recommend it on drives with lots of starts and stops and not on the highway as I like to occasionally move my foot and don't want to slow down unexpectedly.
We are happy to hear that! Are you interested in getting behind the wheel of a LEAF? You're invited to view local offers by visiting www.nissanusa.com/shopping-tools/deals-incentives-offers.html. Thank you.
When I bought my used Leaf, I thought the e-pedal was very gimmicky, and never anticipated using it. That is the only way I drive now. I only take it off e-pedal when I'm backing down my driveway and I want to coast freely. When I get out into the street, the e-pedal comes on and stays on.
For those of you commenting this is stupid or dangerous without ever driving one. You have a seriously flawed understanding of how it works. Its equivalent to telling someone driving an automatic car that it is dangerous because you drive manual, or vice versa. It's incredibly intuitive, and I would actually suggest it is significantly safer. It allows you to make emergency stops significantly quicker, slow down more safely in the winter, and doesn't take away any of the functions of a car without this feature. Again, I genuinely think most of you don't quite understand how it works...and that's probably on Nissan.
They don’t understand how this works. This video doesn’t go in depth at all. I just read an article on it and it honestly sounds far more intuitive than driving with a separate brake normally (except for emergencies). I’d love to test drive one of these cars.
100% agree. At least try it before bitching about it. Do they really think automakers are stupid to built a feature without testing it first? They obviously know better.
@@edoalva48 I drive one full time, but more importantly I work in the industry and get to show it to new people every couple days. 99% of people love it within 5 minutes of trying it. It's truly a better way to drive in many situations. Like was said above, it just sounds like Nissan is dropping th ball in communicating it. That, or people are just stubborn and anything new is bad and awful lol.
The response to Devin's question (including the link) was helpful. My follow-up question is this: "Is there an e-Pedal equivalent to coasting?" Or put another way "Is there a position on the pedal that is a middle ground between motor supplying power to wheels and regen braking?" Along that line, when in ePedal mode, does the dashboard indicate what mode the drivetrain is in, motor drawing current from the battery, or motor generating current thru regen braking (or possibly "coasting")?
Hello, Steven. The available functions of the e-Pedal allow the driver to accelerate, decelerate and stop the vehicle by using a single foot pedal. By simply releasing the accelerator, the car will come to a smooth and complete stop without the need to press the brake pedal. Your conventional brake pedal is still there so you may stop on demand. You can learn more about this system by visiting section 5-22 of the Owner's Manual here: www.nissanusa.com/content/dam/Nissan/us/manuals-and-guides/leaf/2019/2019-Nissan-LEAF-owner-manual.pdf. Thank you.
TESLA invented this 10 years ago. it was the system they used since the first Tesla. the same pedal does the lunch, acceleration and deceleration when you take your foot from the pedal. So, what is the difference between the Nissan e-pedal and the Tesla pedal that makes the e-pedal a "new" thing ?
It's new in the Nissan called it an e-pedal and Tesla didn't. It's also new in that they are new on Nissan cars when they weren't before. Not sure how different they actually are, but haven't seen any lawsuits by Tesla yet.
How do you stay the same speed though? When I drive I press the gas pedal in deeper to accelerate to the speed I want to and then take it back a bit to level off once I've reached the speed I want. But if taking it back means you're braking, that would mean you'd be constantly accelerating and decelerating, which isn't useful at all. Or you would have to use cruise, but in a city or just a busy road that wouldn't be very useful either. Is there anyone who can explain it? 😅
It must try to assume what you want, kind of like spellcheck, except instead of turning "Goodf luck" into "Good fuck", it turns a nice drive into a firey death trap.
i get what you mean, but you still have your foot on the accelerator even when you reach your desired speed. i’m pretty sure for the e-pedal you completely remove your foot to slow down.. but i mean you’d start slowing down in a regular car if you took your foot off of the accelerator. sooooo idk hahahaha
Does anybody know exactly how the E-Pedal achieves the slowing down when you take your foot off the accelerator? I would assume that for a while it is using the motor regen to slow and put more juice back into the battery, but to get to a complete stop it would seem to need to actually activate the brakes (which also of course have some regen capaility). So does it do both in combo, switch from one to the other, or what?
We'd be happy to offer some clarification. The Nissan LEAF has two traditional pedals. When activated, the e-Pedal allows the driver to accelerate, decelerate and stop the vehicle by using a single foot pedal. By simply releasing the accelerator, the car will come to a smooth and complete stop without the need to press the brake pedal. Your conventional brake pedal is still there so you may stop on demand. Thank you for your interest.
@@nissanusa Unfortunately your answer does not respond to my question at all but rather appears to be some general description of e-pedal operation rather that addressing exactly how it achieves the actual slowing down which is what I asked about.
@@iamsetset I suppose they're just people who handle the social media stuff. They don't have enough technical knowledge to answer your question. I think, the most simple answer is the computer. It calculates everything. Regenerative braking has 3 levels, lv. 0 means normal driving, lv. 1 means mild braking whenever foot is off from acceleration pedal, lv. 2 is medium, lv. 3 is with the highest braking effect which also called as One Pedal Driving. It named so because practically (if you are used to it) you can just use only the acceleration pedal for entire driving session. Also, just because lifting foot off pedal means immediate braking, it doesn't mean it acts as if you're stepping on brake with force. Of course the autonomous braking to full stop is being done safely and gradually, aided by sensors that can sense surrounding traffic and pedestrians. Usually, this is what laymen mistakenly thought.
@@edoalva48 The still unaswered question is when does the "computer" choose to use motor regen vs the brakes to achieve the slowing down when you are using E-pedal. For example, if you not using E-pedal, and you go from D to B, the car will use motor regen and slow - NOT the brakes. Slowing down using motor regen and slowing down using the brakes are two different things, although applying the brakes also causes some regen. I am just wanting to understand when and how the car uses both of the regen methods (motor and brakes) to slow down when you are using E-Pedal. I would much prefer that it use motor regen whenever possible for several reasons, including saving wear on the brake pads.
An electric motor can bring a car to a complete standstill - similar to a petrol car stalling... No brakes (I.e. brake pad + rotor/disc/drum) required.
This will be the cause of many accidents nobody and I mean nobody could use this. What happens when you drive a different car after getting used to this. Then take your foot off the accelerator to brake lol
This is simultaneously useless, an insult to driving and horrifically dangerous all at the same time. And yet Nissan wonder why they just saw a 98% fall in profits...
This video does a poor job of demonstrating the innovative idea behind e-Pedal. It doesn’t explain that easing off the accelerator engages the brakes which turns on the brake lights. It doesn’t explain how the car decelerates through regenerative braking. It doesn’t explain that the braking power will feel different or engage more quickly compared to using the regular brake.
Haha, why is this car even legal to be on the street? Very innovative design but it is confusion for the driver on that one pedal control. I am avoiding nissan leaf on the road from now on.
Imagine cruising on the freeway at 60 miles per hour then your foot slips the pedal but the truck behind you doesn't see you "brake", because you're not actually braking. This is stupid.
I have owned my Leaf for 10 months and love it... the e pedal is easy to get used to and a great feature.... but you don’t have to use it if you don’t want to. I use it all the time.
Randy Marsh ...... ahhh... well let me know how that goes for you...
How often do you use the brake pedal on a normal commute? What is the stopping distance at say 25mph with out resorting to the brake pedal?
linglingjr ... I use it all the time, I find it an easier and smoother drive especially in traffic. The stopping time feels to me about the same as depressing the brake peddle gently. It’s becomes a matter of getting used to the timing, taking your foot right off the gas in anticipation of a stop and coming to a comfortable stop... if I sense I have miss-timed it I apply the brake. The acceleration is smoother, no transmission popping in and out, and the braking is smoother and for me safer... the second you take your foot right of the gas pedal you start to slow.
@@robhoward1368 and if i simply dont want to acelerate or brake and just let the car go? how does the car know where do i want to acutally stop, where should i release the pedal if i want to stop near something?
@@hugo5826 I'm still getting used to it, but think of the driving pedal as a game. The more you press down, the faster it will speed up and the brake is applied based on how slowly you take pressure off off the pedal. Take pressure off slowly and it will slow down slowly. Take your foot off the pedal completely and it will treat it as if your are trying to stop quickly. There are different levels of taking pressure of the pedal depending on how quickly you decide to brake. In an emergency, your instincts will likely kick in and apply the brake pedal as well if you really need to stop.
Problem I would have is sometimes, say on a motorway, I would occasionally just move my foot of the pedal. I wonder how other drivers would view me doing a near emergency stop in the fast lane?
We'd be happy to offer some clarification. The Nissan LEAF has two traditional pedals. When activated, the e-Pedal allows the driver to accelerate, decelerate and stop the vehicle by using a single foot pedal. By simply releasing the accelerator, the car will come to a smooth and complete stop without the need to press the brake pedal. Your conventional brake pedal is still there so you may stop on demand. Thank you for your interest.
@@nissanusa that doesn't answer his question even slightly ?
On the hwy you'd likely be using the cruise control, upon an emergency stop you'd still use your break as any other car or truck and yes the rear brake lights would come on.
The entire point of one pedal driving is regen braking to restore some energy to your battery pack
It's so simple and saves wear on your brakes.
Looks like most EV's have some sort of regen braking
Hi "Grim"" ;-) You would not normally choose to use e-Pedal mode on a motorway. That's really for around town/city traffic driving, when it's GREAT. Instead use Cruise Control with Pro-Pilot for motorways and dual carriageways. B-)
@@omgamazement it does answer it. "When activated,"
Just don't activate it
So your natural driving instincts, you slam a brake pedal down to stop,
So whilst getting to grips with the pedals, you need to brake suddenly, you'll either hit nothing but floor or you'll rocket yourself towards whatever from slamming the only pedal down.
Rest assured, the Nissan LEAF comes equipped with two pedals. Once the e-Pedal is activated, it enables the driver to accelerate, decelerate, or stop the vehicle. Your conventional brake pedal is still there so you may brake on demand and, should you want to, coast. Thank you.
Trust me. If you need to stop immediately, your instincts will go for the brake pedal. I'm still getting used to it and so far so good. Only recommend it on drives with lots of starts and stops and not on the highway as I like to occasionally move my foot and don't want to slow down unexpectedly.
been driving almost exclusively on e-pedal for a year. I can assure you humans have complex brains that don't just forget brake pedals exist.
@@meme-lu2yu but not all the population is fantastic like yourself
Broke: E-pedal
Woke: Automatic
Bespoke: Standard
WOW! Good idea! Liked it.
(Mon 24 May 2021 12h11)
We are happy to hear that! Are you interested in getting behind the wheel of a LEAF? You're invited to view local offers by visiting www.nissanusa.com/shopping-tools/deals-incentives-offers.html. Thank you.
@@nissanusa Oh! Thank you.
I'm a simple person, i see a GTR, i press like.
(Pikachu meme)
Fantastic option so relaxing and good for regen only a tool would not use this
When I bought my used Leaf, I thought the e-pedal was very gimmicky, and never anticipated using it. That is the only way I drive now. I only take it off e-pedal when I'm backing down my driveway and I want to coast freely. When I get out into the street, the e-pedal comes on and stays on.
Narrator: the 2018 Nissan Leaf
Title: 2019 Nissan Leaf
*2018 model year shown
For those of you commenting this is stupid or dangerous without ever driving one. You have a seriously flawed understanding of how it works. Its equivalent to telling someone driving an automatic car that it is dangerous because you drive manual, or vice versa. It's incredibly intuitive, and I would actually suggest it is significantly safer. It allows you to make emergency stops significantly quicker, slow down more safely in the winter, and doesn't take away any of the functions of a car without this feature.
Again, I genuinely think most of you don't quite understand how it works...and that's probably on Nissan.
They don’t understand how this works. This video doesn’t go in depth at all. I just read an article on it and it honestly sounds far more intuitive than driving with a separate brake normally (except for emergencies).
I’d love to test drive one of these cars.
100% agree. At least try it before bitching about it. Do they really think automakers are stupid to built a feature without testing it first? They obviously know better.
@@edoalva48 I drive one full time, but more importantly I work in the industry and get to show it to new people every couple days. 99% of people love it within 5 minutes of trying it. It's truly a better way to drive in many situations.
Like was said above, it just sounds like Nissan is dropping th ball in communicating it. That, or people are just stubborn and anything new is bad and awful lol.
It looks like most comments bashing the e-pedal didnt even watch the video...
hey how do you take it off ?
The response to Devin's question (including the link) was helpful. My follow-up question is this: "Is there an e-Pedal equivalent to coasting?" Or put another way "Is there a position on the pedal that is a middle ground between motor supplying power to wheels and regen braking?" Along that line, when in ePedal mode, does the dashboard indicate what mode the drivetrain is in, motor drawing current from the battery, or motor generating current thru regen braking (or possibly "coasting")?
Hello, Steven. The available functions of the e-Pedal allow the driver to accelerate, decelerate and stop the vehicle by using a single foot pedal. By simply releasing the accelerator, the car will come to a smooth and complete stop without the need to press the brake pedal. Your conventional brake pedal is still there so you may stop on demand. You can learn more about this system by visiting section 5-22 of the Owner's Manual here: www.nissanusa.com/content/dam/Nissan/us/manuals-and-guides/leaf/2019/2019-Nissan-LEAF-owner-manual.pdf. Thank you.
TESLA invented this 10 years ago. it was the system they used since the first Tesla. the same pedal does the lunch, acceleration and deceleration when you take your foot from the pedal. So, what is the difference between the Nissan e-pedal and the Tesla pedal that makes the e-pedal a "new" thing ?
It's new in the Nissan called it an e-pedal and Tesla didn't. It's also new in that they are new on Nissan cars when they weren't before. Not sure how different they actually are, but haven't seen any lawsuits by Tesla yet.
How if we need emergency brake?
Hello. The Parking Brake is still available at all times. You can learn more at th-cam.com/video/ilrMS3W0bBM/w-d-xo.html. Thank you.
How do you stay the same speed though? When I drive I press the gas pedal in deeper to accelerate to the speed I want to and then take it back a bit to level off once I've reached the speed I want. But if taking it back means you're braking, that would mean you'd be constantly accelerating and decelerating, which isn't useful at all. Or you would have to use cruise, but in a city or just a busy road that wouldn't be very useful either. Is there anyone who can explain it? 😅
It must try to assume what you want, kind of like spellcheck, except instead of turning "Goodf luck" into "Good fuck", it turns a nice drive into a firey death trap.
@@DRAT311 hahahaha
I think they tested it enough in the real world for it work without causing accidents.
Learn to use your accelorator properly. Sounds like you're flogging it and backing off.
i get what you mean, but you still have your foot on the accelerator even when you reach your desired speed. i’m pretty sure for the e-pedal you completely remove your foot to slow down.. but i mean you’d start slowing down in a regular car if you took your foot off of the accelerator. sooooo idk hahahaha
It's like a tractors pedal or ride on mower
Does anybody know exactly how the E-Pedal achieves the slowing down when you take your foot off the accelerator? I would assume that for a while it is using the motor regen to slow and put more juice back into the battery, but to get to a complete stop it would seem to need to actually activate the brakes (which also of course have some regen capaility). So does it do both in combo, switch from one to the other, or what?
We'd be happy to offer some clarification. The Nissan LEAF has two traditional pedals. When activated, the e-Pedal allows the driver to accelerate, decelerate and stop the vehicle by using a single foot pedal. By simply releasing the accelerator, the car will come to a smooth and complete stop without the need to press the brake pedal. Your conventional brake pedal is still there so you may stop on demand. Thank you for your interest.
@@nissanusa Unfortunately your answer does not respond to my question at all but rather appears to be some general description of e-pedal operation rather that addressing exactly how it achieves the actual slowing down which is what I asked about.
@@iamsetset I suppose they're just people who handle the social media stuff. They don't have enough technical knowledge to answer your question. I think, the most simple answer is the computer. It calculates everything. Regenerative braking has 3 levels, lv. 0 means normal driving, lv. 1 means mild braking whenever foot is off from acceleration pedal, lv. 2 is medium, lv. 3 is with the highest braking effect which also called as One Pedal Driving. It named so because practically (if you are used to it) you can just use only the acceleration pedal for entire driving session. Also, just because lifting foot off pedal means immediate braking, it doesn't mean it acts as if you're stepping on brake with force. Of course the autonomous braking to full stop is being done safely and gradually, aided by sensors that can sense surrounding traffic and pedestrians. Usually, this is what laymen mistakenly thought.
@@edoalva48 The still unaswered question is when does the "computer" choose to use motor regen vs the brakes to achieve the slowing down when you are using E-pedal. For example, if you not using E-pedal, and you go from D to B, the car will use motor regen and slow - NOT the brakes. Slowing down using motor regen and slowing down using the brakes are two different things, although applying the brakes also causes some regen. I am just wanting to understand when and how the car uses both of the regen methods (motor and brakes) to slow down when you are using E-Pedal. I would much prefer that it use motor regen whenever possible for several reasons, including saving wear on the brake pads.
An electric motor can bring a car to a complete standstill - similar to a petrol car stalling... No brakes (I.e. brake pad + rotor/disc/drum) required.
No!
Looks like a hotel parking lot next to LaX lmao
This will be the cause of many accidents nobody and I mean nobody could use this. What happens when you drive a different car after getting used to this. Then take your foot off the accelerator to brake lol
Baba Ku yeah that’s exactly what i was thinking!
I drive a stick, but it doesn't mean I get in an automatic and suddenly try to shift gears.
Mate. The e pedal is awesome. So relaxing.
@@joelmarksbury4376 I do. I always go to clutch with my left foot when I'm breaking 😂😂
that was the argument that people were saying when the automatic transmission came out after the manual transmission
Lmaooooooo they have this at a arcade bruh my little brother had this when he drove it was a gas powered small little go cart
This is simultaneously useless, an insult to driving and horrifically dangerous all at the same time. And yet Nissan wonder why they just saw a 98% fall in profits...
They didn't though
How is this useless? Explain?
Superbly delusional.
This video does a poor job of demonstrating the innovative idea behind e-Pedal. It doesn’t explain that easing off the accelerator engages the brakes which turns on the brake lights.
It doesn’t explain how the car decelerates through regenerative braking. It doesn’t explain that the braking power will feel different or engage more quickly compared to using the regular brake.
This is stupid. How the hell are you supposed to do an emergency stop? In your Neeesan?
True, this is very stupid. If you let go of the gas, your car "brakes" for you. That's not good if you're on the freeway.
@@qjmedia2020 the regular brake pedal is still there...
Haha, why is this car even legal to be on the street? Very innovative design but it is confusion for the driver on that one pedal control. I am avoiding nissan leaf on the road from now on.
Imagine cruising on the freeway at 60 miles per hour then your foot slips the pedal but the truck behind you doesn't see you "brake", because you're not actually braking. This is stupid.
The brake lights illuminate when the pressure on the accelerator is decreased. Let us know if you have any questions about this feature. Thank you.
Yeah.... the truck will see your light before smashing into you and killing you
Ratio’d by Nissan support team. What a time to be alive
My chick told me about this a week ago... I thought and have told others that you had to peddle it. Fuck my life.
Even my diesel car will come to a full halt if I stop pressing on gas... What an innovation that is.
Does it put diesel back in the tank?
This is not safe at all
It's very safe
The break pedal is still there....
I bet you've never tried it. Also this is optional anyway, the standard setting is off and you can keep turning it off. 🙄
Most stupid idea
Even my diesel car will come to a full halt if I stop pressing on gas... What an innovation that is.