The system will typically present itself while waiting at a stop light with your foot lightly resting on the brake pedal. So as a pure ... Regarding how long this car can last depends on how ...
Once activated, you can accelerate the car as you would normally by putting your foot down, but when you ease your foot off the pedal, the car will decelerate until you reach a standstill.
Coming up to a corner we stop pedalling, and the car slows as it would if you took your foot off the accelerator. The brakes take more getting used to than the pedals, because anything other than ...