Maybe I am lazy as you suggest but I have had a lot of fun learning to use B mode properly.
I totally agree
@TomH
I also liked using the "B" mode a lot when I had my GTE.
This is what I found over my 4 years of ownership.
In "D" mode it was very easy to just let the car "Coast".
You could easy your foot back slightly off the "Go" pedal to allow the car slowly loose speed.
Removing your foot quickly from the "Go" pedal in "D" mode would engage a moderate level of "Regen" ( depending on the state of the HV battery of course ) then you could bring the car to total stop, by using the foot brake.
Manually pulling hard back on the gear selector and selecting "B" mode will induce the highest level of "Regen" that the car is able to supply at that particular moment, given the current S.O.C. of the HV battery.
The "B" setting provides a much stronger "Regen" setting than when the car is in "D" mode and you lift your foot from the "Go" pedal that is for sure.
I use to love playing the "Regen" game in my car.
Like when leaving a dual carriageway and taking the long slip road, with a small roundabout at the end.
With the car in "D" mode, just coast along and let the road speed slowly decrease.
Then on the approach to the roundabout, pull the gear selector back into "B" mode in induce "Max Regen".
With a bit of practise, you should only need to apply the footbrake if there is any traffic on the roundabout.
If you need to use the footbrake BEFORE the roundabout, you go it wrong by pulling back too late on the gear selector !.
This may sound a little bit of a childish game to play, but trust me it's ALL good practise for when you move to a full BEV.
The "Regen" levels on a BEV are much stronger than a PHEV.
One pedal driving on a BEV is a fantastic feeling, the braking control is pretty much done via the "Go" pedal.
It takes a little time to learn it, because it is WAY stronger than in a PHEV.
But in a very good way.
The foot brake gets very very little use when you have mastered the "Regen" game in a BEV.
I found a lot of GTE owners treated their cars as a standard ICE car and never really learnt how they worked.
A few of them could not even be bothered plugging them in on a regular basis.
I could not understand WHY you would have a plugin hybrid and never be bothered to charge it ?.
What a complete waste of a brilliant technology.