The way I see it, different driving attributes (A-Pedal feel, B-Pedal feel, hill hold, gauges, etc.) that EVs can provide fall under 3 catagories:
1. Those that are required to be different to provide better efficiency or safety,
2. Those that can be made different because of the type of propulsion system (direct drive electric motor),
3. Those that can be made different to accommodate drivers taste.
If engineered correctly, there should be little attributes that fall under the first category. With advanced brake systems (like the Nissan, Ford, GM, Toyota and Hyundai xEVs), you don't have to provide heavy A-Pedal braking to get efficiency. You also don't need to provide a "one button that does everything" like an econ mode that changes accelerator pedal feel, AC settings, etc. If you don't want to waste energy on AC or Heat, turn them off. If you don't want to waste energy accelerating hard, don't step on the accelerator pedal hard.
Items that fall into the second category are things like the SOC gauge. Obviously, the fuel system is different and knowing the exact % is more important. Therefore, a fuel gauge type bar gauge may not be the best.
The third category are all those things that can be different like creep feel, A-Pedal braking feel, shifter type, various gauges (both new and familiar), etc. The best way to provide these is to make them selectable/customizable to the customer and not force a "new" experience on the driver.
My general belief is that if it does not fall under the first category and it is not made customizable, it should be as close to a gas vehicle as possible. Making something new and different just because you can will scare away potential customers that do not want to get used to something different, especially if the xEV vehicle is a second car and they are going back and forth between a gas car and a xEV car. Remember, there are only so may early adaptor EV geeks out there and the OEMs must satisfy the average customer in order to increase sales of these vehicles.

In an EV, a lot of these things should be options in the software.

I wasn't advocating P&G, but merely being able to coast easily and predictably. Coasting is the most efficient way to cover ground, so having 3 modes rather than just 2 means that you can save energy.

The FVT eVaro is set up this way, and it goes ~125 miles on a 21kWh pack. It gets 100% of it's active braking from regen, and it can do 60-0 in 130 feet. The inboard friction brakes are only used to hold the car still, and/or in emergencies.

Also, on long drives driving a car that requires a lot of fine control on the accelerator pedal to hold it in *just* the *right* position means that you will get more muscle fatigue; than if you can just lift your right foot and coast down a slope and not lose any speed while you stretch your leg and rest your muscles.

If there *is* creep, then how does that affect regen and coasting? In other words, if there is regen when you lift your foot off the accelerator pedal, then how then does it also creep?

Neil

Preventing rollback can be nice. However, my old Honda Civic rolls back, and I actually found it useful to parallel park up-hill without having to switch to reverse. That's an edge case though and even in that case it would require less skill if you know the car doesn't rollback on drive.

For the creep, on one hand it lets you know the car is running and ready to go. On the other hand, if the car only goes when I tell it to, and I don't have to hold the brake once I'm stopped, then I can hit the gas that much faster.