EVDRIVER
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To achieve higher regen one needs to have more off pedal regen if they wish to keep the regen/brake gap smooth in the way Nissan desired. That is a very simple explanation of a more complex way they did this to make it feel as car like as possible. If they made it more like an EV things would be different in many ways but they were afraid of offending average drivers. If the LEaf had higher regen the front brake rotors would rust. My EV had a regen cut switch so one could seat the brake pads once in a while because they never bound to the rotors and they were always rusted. Check your rotors after time, if they are clean they are being used too much. In the ebox one can come to a high speed stop without touching the brake rotor at all until about 2 mph when the field brakes in the motor. If the LEAF rotors get warm or hot then that's a sad sign for an EV.