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I think you've lost sight of the initial concern that was raised. There's still a common-mode failure of loss of control power.

Control power is different from actuation power, the latter of which is what you're addressing. And it's not "gross damage" because it's a common-mode failure, so you can't just ignore it like that.



To lose local regen braking derived power requires a failure of the cars systems similar in nature to one that would cause loss of hydraulic fluid or air in a traditional braking system.

Edit: made more concise.


I see what you're saying now


It is trivial to derive control power from actuation power - at least enough for a few can-busses that run from each wheel to up-to-12 independent sensors on the brake pedal.


It's trivial if you're doing an opportunistic design, but it's challenging to match the safety and reliability of a hydraulic system while beating the cost.




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