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After 9000 miles in mine, on mostly A and M-Way roads, I’m a confirmed D man now.

I can achieve better efficiency using anticipation, acceleration and coasting than ACC and I find B mode scrubs off hard won momentum unnecessarily.

In a city environment, or twisty B roads, or descending a big hill, B could be better, but I’m not a fan.

 

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All things that I don't want. Can that be de-selected? If not then that's another brand that I will avoid. I quite like being fully in charge of my car and making such decisions.

Yes, you can turn off all the predictive crap.

 

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But can you also select zero regen, or do you still have to 'feather' the accelerator to search for that coasting point?

In D mode, it just coasts, and if you’ve got the predictive driving and road sign stuff switched off, it’s as simple as accelerate and back off and coast.

To get regen then, you need to select B mode.

 

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Q on the ID3 intelligence.....
When I had my GTE I preferred B on wet / busy motorways over D, and now with the Kona I am a region zero fan most of the time, but using the manual regen settings again on busy wet fast roads.

Reasoning + query
on a motorway if you have and you lift off, the intelligence does not know why, doesn't know what you've seen ahead ( obs an intelligent cruise control will , if it's slowing traffic etc)
With D, the car coasts and there's a lag whilst you finishing lifting the foot off, move it over, and begin pressing the brake pedal
With B the slowing effect is started as soon as you start to lift the foot upwards off of the Go Pedal

I kinda like the few extra moments of slowing that the second approach gives me.

What does the ID3 do, if the cruise control isn't on ?

In D, it coasts.*

In B, it slows as regen is applied.

That’s when ACC isn’t on, which is how I drive mine now anyway.

*If in D, and you’ve still got the predictive driving assistance switched on, it will still slow if it thinks you’re too close to a vehicle in front, or you’re approaching a bend/roundabout etc.