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The brake in my wife's ICE car takes that long to disengage after I take my foot off the pedal at red lights. Incredibly distracting for me, as someone who is apparently very "in tune" with the car I'm driving. I didn't notice it during the test drive, but we didn't stop at many red lights that day. When I first noticed it, it caused a brief moment of panic - "What's wrong with the car?!" I'm kind of used to it now, but it still takes me out of any good mood I was in about driving that car. When I take my foot off the pedal, I expect the brakes to release at that moment, not a bit later.
And this isn't the brake hold feature that lets you remove your foot from the brake pedal. I rarely use that. It's just a lag between taking my foot off the pedal, and the brakes releasing. Most people never notice it, I'm sure, but it bugs me.
In general that car feels like there's a computer between you and the road. Everything is so muted, then it does things like the brake lag to remind you that it's in control and you're just making suggestions.