Once again, I am a Tesla newbie, just having got my first one (Model 3) two days ago, so will have lots of questions.
It is also the first time I had any car with regenerative braking. Very new to me. Hard to get used to.
For instance, going downhill. Normally, depending on where and how steep, I would take my foot off the gas pedal and just coast downhill. Doesn't work on the Tesla. One has to keep one's foot on the accelerator pedal all the time. For one thing, I wonder how that saves energy, for with coasting downhill gravity would be doing the work, rather than the engine?
Also, sometimes if I wanted to slow down a bit, but not quickly, just taking the foot off the gas without using the brake would slow it down sufficiently for a bit, and save the brakes. But again, with RB one has to have the foot on the accelerator all the time, or it comes to a stop.
I see there is a setting called ROLL. Does that turn off RB, and allow the car to coast like a normal car? If so though, if one came to a downhill slope while driving, one could not mess with the menus on the screen to change that setting. Is there a quick way to go to ROLL, and later go back?
Thank you in advance.
It is also the first time I had any car with regenerative braking. Very new to me. Hard to get used to.
For instance, going downhill. Normally, depending on where and how steep, I would take my foot off the gas pedal and just coast downhill. Doesn't work on the Tesla. One has to keep one's foot on the accelerator pedal all the time. For one thing, I wonder how that saves energy, for with coasting downhill gravity would be doing the work, rather than the engine?
Also, sometimes if I wanted to slow down a bit, but not quickly, just taking the foot off the gas without using the brake would slow it down sufficiently for a bit, and save the brakes. But again, with RB one has to have the foot on the accelerator all the time, or it comes to a stop.
I see there is a setting called ROLL. Does that turn off RB, and allow the car to coast like a normal car? If so though, if one came to a downhill slope while driving, one could not mess with the menus on the screen to change that setting. Is there a quick way to go to ROLL, and later go back?
Thank you in advance.