Soldato
thanks, useful information
When are you going fully electric?
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Like many other EV’s the Polestar 2 has 3 one-pedal driving settings
Off : coasting
Low : Comfortable re-gen braking to a complete stop.
Standard : aggressive re-gen braking to a complete stop.
Whichever setting you have selected; when you press the brake pedal it will use re-gen to slow down up to 0.9g of deceleration. Only when you press the brake pedal hard & quick does the car actually use the friction brake discs. The transition between re-gen and brake discs is seamless and you can’t feel the change. The dash display shows when re-gen is being used and changes colour when the brakes kick in.
Many EV’s with this setup (e.g. VW ID3) have drum brakes on the rear- the sealed unit prevents rust forming as they aren’t used often.
Off : coasting
Low : Comfortable re-gen braking to a complete stop.
Standard : aggressive re-gen braking to a complete stop.
Whichever setting you have selected; when you press the brake pedal it will use re-gen to slow down up to 0.9g of deceleration. Only when you press the brake pedal hard & quick does the car actually use the friction brake discs. The transition between re-gen and brake discs is seamless and you can’t feel the change. The dash display shows when re-gen is being used and changes colour when the brakes kick in.
Many EV’s with this setup (e.g. VW ID3) have drum brakes on the rear- the sealed unit prevents rust forming as they aren’t used often.
FTFY
From what I have read getting the drum brakes to integrate with the driving dynamics took a lot of research and VAG would probably have saved money going with disc brakes.
Drum brakes also give less rolling resistance allowing for better efficiency.
As an owner of an E-Tron with rear disc brakes I can confirm they do get quite rusty and look bad. Though I always remember the drum brake covers ends up very rusty on cars that use them. So I would hope audi are using some form of anti-corrosive material or these drum brake covers will end up looking worse.
Man of Honour
This made me laugh more than anything in a long time:
The whole video is turbo lols
And for that reason I definitely will look to go electric sooner rather than later. Just need the price to go down.... a lot
The whole video is turbo lols
And for that reason I definitely will look to go electric sooner rather than later. Just need the price to go down.... a lot
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Soldato
Love this advert
Caporegime
Mayor Goldie Wilson sticker is class.
Progress is his middle name afterall.
Progress is his middle name afterall.
Soldato
The hyundai has regen off and then flappy paddles to increase it levels 1 to 3. I drove around for a long time with 1 but after a while it just made sense to have full regen and not touch the brake pedal at all. It's much more intuitive and only when I don't preempt the road ahead or if something unexpected happens, do I touch the brake pedal now, and that's not until you pull on the paddle to engage braking further before that too.
Wow, mid life is a decidedly dull place
Wow, mid life is a decidedly dull place
Soldato
What on Earth is that paragraph above.
I've seen a few more of these around now. They look great and have decent range thanks to the larger than normal battery (91kWh)
I think they are currently one of the best looking electric cars. I love them.
I tested a Rapid Red Mach-E AWD and loved it as an EV. Would have been happy to order one but with it being a family car I had to be realistic with the boot space and the very sporty (but fun) suspension. Also felt the flimsy door cards were a bit of a bad sign. Though as I say a lovelly car overall.
As they say round our way... "your health to enjoy".
Soldato
Exciting times as we've picked the Leaf up today, we got all excited that we forgot to look at the Micra as we drove past and left it was quite sad weirdly.
First of all, The quietness is weird, When accelerating and you're waiting for the car to change up a gear like a normal automatic car would but nothing is weird.
The power delivery is addicting as it pins you back into the seat, very comfortable, very spacious (even for the rear passengers as I have long legs).
Just need to work out what all the buttons do and charging outside of Home charging, had a drive around town at some of the shops that have charge points and its quite mind boggling that there's a lot of different brands that require you to download an app to pay, but we'll get there, not like we'll be using those services much as the car will rarely go over its estimated max range in one sitting anyway.
First of all, The quietness is weird, When accelerating and you're waiting for the car to change up a gear like a normal automatic car would but nothing is weird.
The power delivery is addicting as it pins you back into the seat, very comfortable, very spacious (even for the rear passengers as I have long legs).
Just need to work out what all the buttons do and charging outside of Home charging, had a drive around town at some of the shops that have charge points and its quite mind boggling that there's a lot of different brands that require you to download an app to pay, but we'll get there, not like we'll be using those services much as the car will rarely go over its estimated max range in one sitting anyway.
Caporegime
Quite a few chargers are simple to use without apps now. Just use a contactless card.
speakev.com has a raft of info and sections for each manufacturer, just in case you get stuck on anything.
zapmap app should be your first port of call for charger locations out there in the wild.
Soldato
Yeah i've got the zap app, very useful to know what's around.
Great video this - 600 miles (11 hours 10 mins) in a Taycan with just 43 minutes of charging time, all done whilst taking comfort and eating breaks. Driving normally, so not in economy mode and through heavy rain.
The car was charging so quick they overcharged at a couple of stops, because they couldn’t get to the toilet and back to car, before their charge target was reached.
The car was charging so quick they overcharged at a couple of stops, because they couldn’t get to the toilet and back to car, before their charge target was reached.