Mercedes-Benz EQS one pedal driving 

I found that intelligent recuperation is the best for me. It's pretty much one pedal driving as long as there's a car in front of you. It will stop just behind great stop and go traffic that in conjunction with the cruise control you don't have to touch either paddle.

Thank you for the time to create this important video. One of the best things about driving a Tesla for 6 years was the one-pedal-driving. I love it. Once I bought my EQS SUV, I was disappointed at first, but then I learned how to use it effectively. Now, I very seldom use the brake pedal during in-town driving. Therefore, I use Comfort Mode and D- around town and Eco Mode with Dauto on the highway. I have been very impressed with the way Mercedes Benz handles the battery management on my road trips with Dauto and Eco mode.

I’ve had tesla ‘regen braking’ for 9 years so very used to my merc ‘strong recuperation’. As tesla’s are quite basic and dont give options, my driving style adapted to single foot so that you modulate the foot for the amount of recuperation, so I leave my merc in strong and drive to the stop by slowly lifting or applying the accelerator rather than a sudden jerky release. Its amazing once perfected, but takes a bit of time to really understand the car. It essentially means your car does exactly what your foot is asking of it, making you at one with it. Strong recuperation down a big hill also creates significant energy into the battery. Merc need to add the regen level to the user profile, or leave it in the last setting.

You don’t mention the benefit of adding energy to the battery when using strong recuperation. Also, recuperation is best used in city driving vs highway driving.

I like intelligent recoup.

What does auto recoup do? I use strong recoup to recharge the battery and never touch the brake pedal, except for emergency. But, you must learn how to modulate the accelerator smoothly to avoid a jerky ride. I want recoup set in my profile so it doesn’t require a reset it every time entering vehicle. Walk-away door locking is another profile setting desired.

Is there any net benefit between recuperation modes or is it “swings and roundabouts”?

It doesn’t matter what mode you are using recuperation in, even if you’re driving in normal, the moment you hit the brakes, it uses recuperation to slow you down, the car chooses when to actually apply the brakes in normal mode.

Intelligent recuperation is the way to drive. The car will automatically slow down and come to a stop if there is a car stopped in front of you otherwise it will keep moving with traffic and keep you at a safe distance.

Hi, is it possibel to heat the steering wheel without activating the seatheating also?Thanks.

Is there any truth to the rumor that Intelligent Recuperation uses radar to see the car in front of you and apply needed recuperation? Also, I heard it applies more recuperation when turn signal is on anticipating slow down for turn. For me, it seems too weak. I would like a soft touch of brake to engage strong recuperation before friction brake engages. But, I don’t know any EV that offers it.

You have left out one important factor ,, yes I know im a pain but,, it very much depends on your soc ,, if you have a high soc ,, then you hurt your range if you are doing hwy. driving as you can’t recoup with high state ,, where as intelligent with take advantage of coasting hence giving a better efficiency