How to use One-Pedal Driving and Regen On Demand

If your electric vehicle is equipped with One-Pedal Driving* and Regen On Demand,* they can help slow down and stop your vehicle under certain conditions. You can use each of them separately or use them together.

One-Pedal Driving makes your vehicle slow down quickly when you lift your foot off the accelerator. Regen On Demand is a separate feature that lets you use a paddle on the back of your steering wheel to control how fast you slow down. 

Important: State of Charge and Regenerative Braking

To help you maintain your vehicle’s battery, it is recommended you only charge your battery to 80% capacity for daily use. This allows space in the battery for regenerative braking, which uses the electric motor to help slow the vehicle while simultaneously charging the vehicle with free energy. For longer trips, you can adjust your charge above 80% for extended range. See your Owner’s Manual for more information. 

1. Before you can use One-Pedal Driving, you have to turn it on. To turn the feature on:

a. Select the Vehicle Controls app on your center display.

b. Then, select “Drive and Park” to turn One-Pedal Driving on or off and customize the level of braking it offers.

c. You may also see a One-Pedal Driving button on your screen that you can use to quicky turn One-Pedal Driving on or off.

2. One-Pedal Driving will remain on until you turn it off, even if you turn your vehicle off and then back on again. 

When One-Pedal Driving is engaged, the position of your accelerator pedal determines how the vehicle will behave — either accelerating, coasting, slowing down quickly, slowing down gradually or coming to a complete stop.

1. Press down on the accelerator pedal to accelerate, as usual. 
2. When you take your foot completely off the accelerator pedal while you’re driving, the vehicle will slow down quickly based on your selected settings. 
3. If you lift your foot off the pedal only slightly, the vehicle will slow down more gradually. 
4. You can control how aggressively the vehicle slows down by adjusting how much you lift off the accelerator pedal. To continue driving, press the accelerator pedal.
5. While using One-Pedal Driving, you can also continue to use your brakes as needed to slow or stop the vehicle. 

You can manually slow your vehicle down with the Regen On Demand paddle. It converts the energy from your vehicle's movement and returns it to the vehicle's battery. You can use this feature on its own or together with One-Pedal Driving.

To use Regen On Demand:

1. Pull the paddle on the back of your steering wheel toward you and hold it.

a. The vehicle will slow down more quickly when you hold the paddle. 

b. If your vehicle is equipped with Variable Regen On Demand, you can adjust the amount of deceleration you experience with the Regen On Demand paddle. To do this, pull the paddle closer to you for more aggressive deceleration. 

2. Release the paddle when you want to continue normal driving. 

3. If the vehicle is brought to a complete stop while you’re holding the paddle, the vehicle will not creep forward when you release the paddle. Use the accelerator pedal to move forward.

4. While using Regen on Demand, you can also continue to use your brake or accelerator pedals as needed to slow or stop the vehicle.

Chevrolet Bolt is built on a different battery platform from the latest EVs. With this in mind, some feature operation and care instructions vary from most EV models.

How to engage One-Pedal Driving on Bolt EV and EUV models:

• If your vehicle has a push-button Electronic Precision Shift on the center console: 

1. While in DRIVE, press the One-Pedal Driving button. It’s labeled with a foot with two arrows around it.

2. You’ll see an icon appear in the Driver Information Center (it looks like a foot pressing a pedal with a continuous circle around it), which tells you One-Pedal Driving is active. 

3. After you engage it, the feature works in both FORWARD (D) and REVERSE (R). 

4. To turn One-Pedal Driving off, press the foot button again. 

5. On these models, if One-Pedal Driving is active when you turn off your vehicle, the vehicle will remember the setting on the next ignition cycle. You do not need to re-engage it each time you drive.
 

• If your vehicle has a shift-lever-style Electronic Precision Shift on the center console:

1. When the vehicle is in DRIVE, an “L” will appear below the “D” on the shifter. Pull the shifter rearward to shift to “L” (LOW).

2. You’ll see an “L” icon appear in the Driver Information Center, which tells you One-Pedal Driving is active.

3. To turn One-Pedal Driving off, pull the shifter rearward again to return to “D” (DRIVE). The icon in the Driver Information Center will change to “D.” 

4. On these models, if you wish to use One-Pedal Driving on your next drive, you will need to reengage it by following this process again (it will not stay active on the next ignition cycle). 

There are several conditions that may impact these features: 

• Battery conditions: When the battery is fully charged or the battery temperature is extremely cold or hot, these features may not operate as normal. When this happens, the vehicle will automatically blend in normal brakes as needed to maintain a consistent driving feel. 
  • Unlike other GM EVs, Bolt EV and Bolt EUV models do not blend traditional braking when certain battery conditions affect regenerative braking performance. When battery conditions warrant, the Regen icon will turn gray and the gauge will show a line at the maximum regenerative braking power available.
• Road and vehicle conditions: These features are not recommended for use in slippery road conditions (wet, snowy or icy roads).
  • Because Bolt EV and Bolt EUV do not use traditional braking when stopped, One-Pedal Driving and Regen On Demand brake performance on steep hills can vary from other GM EVs.

In any of the above cases, be prepared to use your brake pedal as needed to slow and stop the vehicle.

• Avoid unnecessary decelerations and accelerations and remember to slow down gradually when possible while using these features. 
• Always use your brake pedal for hard, emergency braking situations when you need to bring the vehicle to a stop quickly. 
• In some cases, like when you’re on a steep hill or if the vehicle is held at a stop for a while, the vehicle’s parking brake may turn on. Simply press the accelerator pedal again to move forward (the parking brake will automatically disengage). 
• It is recommended you do not use these features in slippery road conditions (wet, snowy or icy roads). 

To find out if your vehicle has this feature, contact your dealer or refer to your vehicle’s equipment list. Please check your Owner’s Manual for more information about features.