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A vehicle comprising a brake pedal/lever 106, a brake lever sensor 107, a controller 102 and 104, a first electric motor (figs 2 and 3) arranged to provide regenerative braking, a mechanical braking device arranged to impart a braking force to a wheel 101, and electric drive means arranged to actuate the mechanical braking device. The brake lever sensor 107 is arranged to send a first control signal to the controller that is indicative of a force applied to the brake lever 106 and the controller is responsive to the first control signal to send a braking control signal to the first electric motor for providing regenerative braking and/or the electric drive means for actuating the mechanical braking device. The vehicle may have 2 batteries 105 and 103. If a fault is detected the vehicle can preferably switch between electrically actuated mechanical braking and regenerative braking, preferably at each wheel. The vehicle may also activate the mechanical brakes using power from the regeneration battery if there is fault with the usual battery.
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