My first drive of an EV
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@George-K said in My first drive of an EV:
@jon-nyc that's interesting.
I love the adaptive cruise control in my car. I use it all the time, even in heavy traffic. I wonder how the brake lights function with it enabled.
I'm pretty sure the brake lights come on with mine - at least, the break light indicator showed. I don't use it because I hate having somebody else brake for me.
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@George-K said in My first drive of an EV:
I wonder how the brake lights function with it enabled.
Asked a friend who is kind of knowledgeable about this, and he said,
"Federal motor vehicle safety standards require the brake lamps to illuminate whenever the service brakes are applied whether they're being applied by the driver or by the vehicle."
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Fun to drive, tons of bells and whistles. Exhilarating performance. Interesting not to have to hit the brakes to stop. You really have to adjust your expectations to the way the car’s features work. The autopilot put me in Tesla jail because I didn’t comply with its demands. It’s different.
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@Mik said in My first drive of an EV:
I don’t like that all the co trolls and display cause you to take your eyes off directly ahead. That part is very different.
One of the things I absolutely love about my 2017 (!) Audi is the Head-up display.
There are very few things that require your (almost) constant attention. Two of them are the speed limit and your speed. If you want to use the Audi SatNav, that'll be displayed as well. I don't, I use CarPlay.
I imagine all the other crap in a Tesla (particularly the Model 3) with only that huge display, awkwardly placed, is a terrible distraction. How many menus do you have to go thru to change the ambient temp, a radio station....
Gimme knobs, you ... knobheads.