c4004matic

After 2 weeks driving: normal or no regen for me. Creep mode off. In ares with traffic, auto.
i still dislike full regen.

Soulman

I’ve also been driving my 580 for two weeks in normal but decided to try out the full regen so I drove in the hills on some windy roads for about 45 minutes and I loved it! I was on No Creep. In my other cars I’ve had to use the paddles when driving in the hills to help the brakes out but it’s not as smooth a transition as Regen.

I believe if I use the car exclusively in full regen I will get used to it even around town. I’ll report back in a couple weeks.

asdf

I'm kind of similar.
While I know regen is good for capturing motion energy, etc, but I'm still learning how to modulate the speed so that I won't cause motion sickness to my passengers.
People say it'd take only one day to learn this. Well, several weeks later, I've made little progress.

gfunk6266

I prefer intelligent regen. Not perfect by any means but anything that can be partially automated is a plus for me

c4004matic

In fact contrary to expected the most energy efficient is no regen.

asdf

I didn't know that. Why do we have this feature then and when should we use it?

hlothery

I'm getting pretty efficient mpkWh readings by using normal regen for normal driving, and strong regen and OPD in heavy traffic. It is fantastic that this car is so adaptable for the differences in driver preference we are seeing among the members. To each his own. I always recommend trying each method for a day or so to see what you like. The above is my preferred method.

c4004matic

Right paddle. Left paddle full regen. Hold any paddle auto
You can use no regen anytime you wish but its most helpfull and energey saving when you are in a no traffic situation. The car just rolls and rolls. Furtheremore the brake feels completely normal. A weird thing is that when you engage no regen the car seems to accelerate, it isnt, thing is that on any other mode the instant the accelerator feels less pressure some regen will happen thus holding the car back. On no regen it is as if the car was suddenly hovering over the road. If you like one pedal drive, this 180 degrees the opposite!

AppleFan1

I have a question for you guys: Regen only works if distronic is not activated, right? I hope this is not a stupid question. I know very little how regen works. I like to use the self driving features of the car.

c4004matic

Yes I think the the car brakes according to your selected mode. Auto regen is excellent it decides what mode to use depending traffic, the more congested the more regen. It very acurate. It uses the distronic radar to decide.

AppleFan1

I’m a little confused. I tried to set it to Auto but I’m getting “Intelligent Recuperation” and Auto at the same time. On page 190-191 of the manual it describes ECO Assist and that ECO Assist is only active on D Auto. I cannot get it to D Auto without also having it set at Intelligent Recuperation. With these settings, when I take my foot off the accelerator it doesn’t seem to slow down at all. What am I doing wrong? I’m confused as you can surmise.

stealth.pilot

So you're evolving. Well done. Areas of traffic in Auto with Creep mode off is what I do.

However I also use the paddles. I find full regen is useful when driving in stop-go situations with light to moderate traffic like many of the neighborhood streets in central Atlanta. I could use Auto there too, but full regen one pedal driving requires less concentration in that setting.

StormingHabs

I use Strong Regen (as it’s called in the car) all the time, wish I could set it as default. But I’m coming from 6+ years of exclusively driving Tesla’s and have gotten used to one-pedal driving. No regen or Intelligent feel weird to me now as does driving any ICE car. Muscle memory is an amazing and weird thing at the same time.

c4004matic

same thing😉

AppleFan1

Thank you! But why doesn’t it slow down faster when I take my foot off the accelerator?

Newbyloub

Not in my Q450. Distronic always on; regen always works.

AppleFan1

I get distronic and dynamic cruise mixed up. What I really meant was when I have dynamic cruise on, why doesn’t it slow down most of the time when I turn on the turn signal? In fact, as I indicated above to c4004matic, when I don’t have CC on and I take my foot off the accelerator, it doesn’t seem to slow down much at all when I have the the ECO Assist on D Auto.

Additionally, how do I know if the ECO Assist is actually activated?

As I stated before, I’m quite confused about all this.

Newbyloub

1. What model M-B are you talking about? This forum is for EQS cars.

2. I don’t know what “dynamic cruise” is.

AppleFan1

EQS580.
Dynamic Cruise, Adaptive Cruise, or whatever you want to call it. The car adjusts to the speed of a vehicle in front of you by decelerating or accelerating depending on what speed you set.

Newbyloub

To me, that’s Cruise Control. - CC

No answers, as I’m unfamiliar with making turns requiring turn signals when driving with CC functioning. Such a turn would require braking, braking cancels CC. Flicking the turn signal on does not.

hlothery

The cruise control will slow you before turns if it thinks you are going too fast, slow you for exits if you signal for one, etc. I turned off the feature that anticipates speed limit changes and adjusts your speed (usually quite abruptly!) as it was sensing phantom speed limit changes. I have just begun to cancel cruise control before I exit, etc, because you never really know how it is going to react. For instance, when I exit for the golf course, the access road it 60mph. I tried adjusting speed to that, only to be met with hard braking by the system because the exit ramp speed is 40mph. So now, I just cancel it before I exit. Not very intuitive, if you ask me.

c4004matic

During intelligent regen, the amount of regenerative braking varies according to traffic if there there are no cars ahead it will have no regen if there is a car right in front it will provide strong regen. In city drving the is always something in between (normal) to strong again depending on if there is a car in front. Intelligent drive is truely intelligent!

Got AMG

I prefer Creep mode on and regen off. I like how it just coasts and creep makes it feel like a regular ICE car

AppleFan1

Thanks again. Your knowledge of this awesome car is so helpful.

Soulman

I'm just getting used to strong regen all the time, but I'm willing to give intelligent regen a go. judging from its name I'm assuming its the most economical of all the regen settings.

thanks much