When stopping if you can slow down gradually enough so that the Eco needle never bottoms out in the Charge section the van is just using the electric motor/generators to slow the van by charging the battery. If you brake hard enough to bottom out that needle the van is also using the standard friction brakes to slow down.
Why do hybrid brakes last longer?
Please educate me! And in the best case scenario where I will be driving the most conservatively, can I expect $150,000 miles out of them?
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Oh, and if the battery is full you'll hear the engine rev when slowing down. The van is still using the motors to slow down but it is dumping the electricity into spinning the engine (with no fuel). You'll get this on long downhills as well when the battery fills up. Sounds weird but totally normal.
If you really want to learn about the internals of the transmission
i is a great but long watch. TLDR eCVTs are NOT the CVTs or even transmissions most people are used to. They are super solid machines but behave very differently.
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