You don't have to use the brake pedal at all if you drive carefully. Just lift off the accelerator and the wheels drive the motor generating electricity and slowing the car.
>You don't have to use the brake pedal at all if you drive carefully.
Until you drive down a hill, another driver does something unexpected, you have to take a poorly marked turn, there's a stop sign around the bend etc...
I don't think they mean you never actually use the brakes.
That person is probably referring to the Tesla feature where when you don't use the gas pedal, the system is slightly recharging the batteries all the times (via magnets). You can turn this off if you don't like it. Then you get used to a driving style where you take your foot off the 'gas pedal' before you need to stop and the car slows down on it own (through regen braking), and so the 'UX' is you just selectively apply the gas pedal or not to go fast or slow down. If you need to stop suddenly you use the brake. It's an automatic thing after a while, you don't need to think about it. I sometimes have to get used to a 'regular gas car' that doesn't have this when I drive something else.
I have a Tesla, and I can assure you that I use the actual brakes crazy less than a normal car. I do have the AWD version which I do believe has more regenerative braking than the RWD model. Generally if it's a "oops I messed up" and you see a red light or stop sign later than usual you tap the brakes. But even on pretty steep hills I don't hit the brakes and basically never ride the brakes which was pretty common on my subaru.
