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And the car will beep at you.Though I don't speak from experience ... It won't hurt anything and there is programming (i recall reading here) to prevent a shift to reverse above 3-5 mph ...it would go to neutral.
Though I don't speak from experience ... It won't hurt anything and there is programming (i recall reading here) to prevent a shift to reverse above 3-5 mph ...it would go to neutral.
If you want to go to neutral while in motion, pull the shift lever down one notch. Might take a few practice tries - it is easy to pull through that spot, but not a problem if you do, as you just go back to D.I haven't been able to figure out the best way to put the car in neutral. What do you recommend?
If you want to go to neutral while in motion, pull the shift lever down one notch. Might take a few practice tries - it is easy to pull through that spot.
Is it really that hard to put the MS in neutral while driving? On a road with a slight decline or to coast to a distant redlight using neutral would be the most efficient way to travel. Hyper milers do it all the time in hybrids.
Is it really that hard to put the MS in neutral while driving? On a road with a slight decline or to coast to a distant redlight using neutral would be the most efficient way to travel. Hyper milers do it all the time in hybrids.
A more technical question would be which is better and by how much: a) coasting in neutral to save power or b) using power for forward momentum but gaining back by using regen to slow to a halt?
... and pressing on the accelerator just enough so that there is no regeneration or power used...
I try to do this all the time. If I'm accelerating, near desired speed, and I see the next light just turn red, I try to slowly come down in speed (hopefully getting to the light when it is about to turn green) by coasting and letting the wind resistance do its thing. I'm using the heavy regen option so just lifting the foot off the accelerator would decelerate too fast (distance between lights at my location is 2-3 city blocks).
The difficulty is that the accelerator is very touchy in the transition between actual acceleration and start of full regen. I find it difficult to get to this point quickly and frequently go into "lights on" regen by releasing too much. Even after getting close to the transition by feel, I find myself having to look at the screen to check that I'm actually not using the regen. I believe this is because once the car gets going approximately 75% of the accelerator range of travel is for acceleration and only about 20% is for deceleration/regen. It's hard to say precicely since the percentages seem to change based on speed.
I'm really hoping that Tesla will refine the acceleration algorithm in a future update to make it easier to control this crossover.
I try to do this all the time. If I'm accelerating, near desired speed, and I see the next light just turn red, I try to slowly come down in speed (hopefully getting to the light when it is about to turn green) by coasting and letting the wind resistance do its thing. I'm using the heavy regen option so just lifting the foot off the accelerator would decelerate too fast (distance between lights at my location is 2-3 city blocks).
The difficulty is that the accelerator is very touchy in the transition between actual acceleration and start of full regen. I find it difficult to get to this point quickly and frequently go into "lights on" regen by releasing too much. Even after getting close to the transition by feel, I find myself having to look at the screen to check that I'm actually not using the regen. I believe this is because once the car gets going approximately 75% of the accelerator range of travel is for acceleration and only about 20% is for deceleration/regen. It's hard to say precicely since the percentages seem to change based on speed.
I'm really hoping that Tesla will refine the acceleration algorithm in a future update to make it easier to control this crossover.
Hybrids have this issue too. But it is easy to just slip the gear shift to neutral. Hypermilers do it all the time when air and rolling resistance is all you need to slow or maintain speed at a certain rate. So an easy to use neutral would really help efficiency.
Bad plan. Trading safety for economy is a fail--especially when it's just as easy to modulate the accelerator pedal.
1. There isn't anything unsafe about it. I do it all the time.
I think it depends where you live. FL has it's fair share of senior drivers and most accidents seem to be rear-enders with an elderly driver saying they didn't see the car in front or didn't realize it was slowing. No, I don't have stats for that but personally I want my brake lights to come on back there. If it works for you then fine.