50% of my driving in my Model 3 is on motorways, very early in the morning. As such, there's rarely any other traffic around, and I'm very rarely called upon to use the brake (in any car I've driven). It's 30 miles of nonstop, constant, 70mph.
This got me thinking. Since I picked up my M3 at the weekend, I've been using Hold mode for the one-pedal driving experience, and I really like it - although it takes some getting used to to avoid braking prematurely and leaving a huge gap between you and the car ahead/the junction.
I know it's good for energy regeneration, but here's my question - is it best for nonstop 70mph driving, or would it actually be more economical to be in Roll mode, and let physics carry me forwards?
My thinking is:
Hold Mode: I need to apply a constant pressure to the accelerator, meaning I'm always using energy to keep me at that constant speed.
Roll: I'd intermittently apply the accelerator, but there would be many instances whereby I'm not accelerating, and just rolling. This should (I think?) be using zero energy.
Anyone have any thoughts?
This got me thinking. Since I picked up my M3 at the weekend, I've been using Hold mode for the one-pedal driving experience, and I really like it - although it takes some getting used to to avoid braking prematurely and leaving a huge gap between you and the car ahead/the junction.
I know it's good for energy regeneration, but here's my question - is it best for nonstop 70mph driving, or would it actually be more economical to be in Roll mode, and let physics carry me forwards?
My thinking is:
Hold Mode: I need to apply a constant pressure to the accelerator, meaning I'm always using energy to keep me at that constant speed.
Roll: I'd intermittently apply the accelerator, but there would be many instances whereby I'm not accelerating, and just rolling. This should (I think?) be using zero energy.
Anyone have any thoughts?