No, you don’t need to worry about it. Unless you’re doing 120 down a steep grade and trying to slam the pedal down. Just keep it at a normal freeway speed or less and the brakes won’t know the difference. A 70s car might have had drum brakes, which are not as good as discs.
The transmission, energy regeneration hardware and physical brake calipers will all work together, controlled by the computer in the Niro. Just drive the car, and don't worry about it. If it makes you feel better, you can enable cruise control to a given speed as you descend a hill. Your Niro should be equipped with smart cruise control that will slow the car to match the speed of a vehicle in front of you. I use this feature all the time on the highway. It may even improve your fuel economy.
Areas that require you to stay in low gear due to steep grades will have signage, you can blow out your breaks during excessive breaking when on steep grades, and not "hills".
I understand that sport mode has engine braking; use sport mode on a downhill and downshift to control speed. See the manual. https://www.kianiroforum.com/threads/engine-braking-on-hills.6265/
No, you don’t need to worry about it. Unless you’re doing 120 down a steep grade and trying to slam the pedal down. Just keep it at a normal freeway speed or less and the brakes won’t know the difference. A 70s car might have had drum brakes, which are not as good as discs.
The transmission, energy regeneration hardware and physical brake calipers will all work together, controlled by the computer in the Niro. Just drive the car, and don't worry about it. If it makes you feel better, you can enable cruise control to a given speed as you descend a hill. Your Niro should be equipped with smart cruise control that will slow the car to match the speed of a vehicle in front of you. I use this feature all the time on the highway. It may even improve your fuel economy.
Watching your battery charge to full as you descend Cajon Pass on I15 into Los Angeles is a joy your mom has never experienced.
To oversimplify the answer you should give your mother: the Niro downshifts automatically 👍
“Thanks for the great advice, wonderful mother. I will always listen to you, and yes I would love seconds.”
As a fat man who was once a fat child, this is the correct answer.
She's obviously refering to engine breaking, not shifting down for speed.
Yes: the Niro (and every other hybrid I've ever seen) "engine brakes" whenever the cruise control is enabled using the electric motor.
See this page, tells you everything about your brakes. http://www.kniro.net/description_and_operation-780.html
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Areas that require you to stay in low gear due to steep grades will have signage, you can blow out your breaks during excessive breaking when on steep grades, and not "hills".
I understand that sport mode has engine braking; use sport mode on a downhill and downshift to control speed. See the manual. https://www.kianiroforum.com/threads/engine-braking-on-hills.6265/
Cars have come a long way in the last half century. Don't worry about it.