I have a Chevy Bolt, and the 'brake more' paddle shifter is by far most used non-steering or acceleration control. Sometimes, I don't even need to use the foot brake at all. It reminds me of downshifting in my old Miata, without all the fun of the clutch.
He meant “paddle shifters”. They allow manual shifting of an automatic transmission.
But there are no gears to shift in electric.
Tough. It's a luxury Audi, so it has paddle shifters. They just have to figure out something for them to do.
In this vehicle they control the regenerative braking, i.e. make it more or less aggressive.
Electric cars could have gears (e.g. Formula E)
Also, the koenigsegg hybrid uses the paddles to control things other than the gear (Since AFAIK it has a CVT)