5 reasons your dashboard's red brake light is coming on

If you've got an angry red brake light on your dash, don't just ignore it — it's likely important. Here are five things that light might indicate.
SlashGear

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 Needs To Rethink Its Brake Lights Before It Causes An Accident

As complex as cars are, brake lights are one part that everyone easily understands — you hit the pedal, and the brake lights come on. This alerts drivers behind you that you are slowing down and that ...
Green Car Reports

Don't count on EV brake lights to communicate brake regen

Some EVs don't illuminate their brake lights when using regenerative braking, Consumer Reports found in a recent test. Regenerative braking allows drivers to decelerate (and momentarily charge the ...
Consumer Reports

Brake Lights Can Fail to Provide Fair Warning on Some Electric Vehicles

June 26, 2023, update: Since this article originally published June 9, 2023, Hyundai/Genesis and Kia have responded to Consumer Reports’ test findings, indicating that the companies are working on a ...
Autoblog

Hyundai and Kia to update EV brake lights; our tests show how they currently may not come on

View post: Hyundai Reveals Final 2026 Ioniq 5 December Lease Deals for the Year Hyundai will be launching a “field service campaign to update the EV brake light logic” on its Ioniq 5 as well as the ...