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EV drivers love their cars, but some passengers feel sick - this could be why (www.bbc.com)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That's like saying, breaking makes you sick in a car. That doesn't make any sense.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    The braking with one pedal driving is much more immediate. The car doesn’t really coast. Instead, you slowly let off the accelerator and the car drags to a stop. It takes a while to get good at, kind of the same way you have to get good at letting off a clutch in a stick shift. If you let off the accelerator abruptly, you will feel the car braking immediately. You have to let off slowly. Trying to drive the traditional way while this feature is turned on creates the “seasick” lunge.

    Sorry if I’m not good at describing it. If you get a chance to test drive an EV that includes this option, try it. I mostly keep this feature turned off on my EV because I don’t really see any improvement in range with having it on.

    There’s a video demonstrating it here:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-mVMEfoIZw

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I have driven multiple EVs with this feature including trains. Regenerative breaking always has a delay, because the electrical fields need to build up before they can exert force on the motor first. I'd guess it takes about 1/3 to 1/2 of a second for the full force to be applied. Again, every train breaks regeneratively as well and no one ever said in my life, that they were getting sick on a train. This article may be clickbait, that's all I'm saying.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    It’s just travel sickness so I don’t know why it doesn’t make sense. Changes in speed or direction can make you feel sick

    I get it as a passenger in petrol cars. I start to feel sick if the driver cuts off on the power and then goes back to accelerating too suddenly.

    That sounds like it would be worse in an EV with this feature turned on.

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