[Kraven]

Twice today on route to work, when applying the regen paddle on the steering wheel to brake it started to slow the Volt and then "seemingly" let go as though it was not applied at all requiring me to hit the brake pedal quickly. The Volt was not fully charged when this occurred and my foot was off the accelerator and not on the brake. Kind of scary as this hasn't happened in the past. Any ideas? No warning indicators on the driver's information panel.

Yes, this can happen in certain conditions. If you go over a bump or if you have wet roads for example, regen can disengage. There are other threads on this if you do a search.

 

[Kraven]

"there are other threads on this if you do a search."

I searched some threads and viewed many replies about why one should avoid using Regen, etc. but I could not find a definitive reason for the loss of regen when using the paddle

All good, I recalled seeing references in posts, see here...

If I understand correctly, regen cuts out instantly when traction is lost so you feel a sudden loss of braking and you might at first think your brakes have failed or you're skidding. (this has happened to me on gravel at stop signs) So wouldn't it make sense as suggested above to lock out regen when slowing on snow by putting the selector in N at some point? Sounds like a good plan, but I rarely encounter snow here in S. Cal to test this technique.

So what conditions were you in when you experienced this? Did my couple of examples make sense?