u/sittingontoylet

Hi all.

First time poster in the group and very recent owner.

I was getting to know the car today and was curious to see how the car manages regen. As in, which motor in my AWD performance is recovering power when slowing down.

What i found in my early testing is that the acceleration mode determines the regen power too. If you are in standard or comfort acceleration, the regen will be engaged for the rear motor only, as is the acceleration.

But if you put the mode into sport, then both motors are engaged for acceleration AND regen.

This results in a (possibly placebo) increase in deceleration as well, as both motors are braking the car in OPD mode.

I havent seen this particular aspect discussed in the group before (have been lurking for 5 months or so) so thought I should put it out there.

Can anyone else confirm my finding here? Happy for you guys to walk me out of the room if this is standard knowledge too, but seeing all the complaints about not enough regen, makes me think this post might strike a chord with people.

Thanks!

Edit: to add, I came to these findings by driving the car while observing the energy management screen in the settings. In comfort, the front motor hardly engages for normal or heavier than normal acceleration. In standard, the front motor engages just prior to stopping.

This leads to me having more confidence that a stronger regen mode is possible via software update

I walked into a dealership today. I am a friend of a friend of someone who works there. In speaking to a completely unrelated salesperson, when I name-dropped, this salesperson immediately gave me 5 star service. I was able to secure a grey performance, with vin number allocation with delivery expected in a week or two.

My question to everyone in here, have stock levels increased so much that wait times are now a non issue?

Or did this salesperson actually get me allocated to a cancelled order like he said?

For background, ive been heavily researching this car, and the model y L. I had completely settled on the model Y after having driven it for a few hours and wanted to drive the 7x to cross my T's. After driving it, I of course made my decision.