Has anyone noticed these too, perhaps because an EV is so quiet and consistent day to day, little phantom sensations become noticeable and giving clues on how the brain and mind works. After 2 months and 6000km:
1. During constant speed autopilot, stepping on the accelerator pedal causes no acceleration for the first 10% or so of travel, but your head will bop forward expecting to be pushed back into the headrest. It is totally weird that the right ankle motion is neuromuscular-linked to the neck muscle, presumably from the cerebellum, to anticipate and compensate for the expected acceleration. Tried this about 50 times and it is perfectly reproducible and proportional.... weird!
2. Sometimes even when the car is off and on the driveway, walking up to it I seem to hallucinate the whirring sound (but much fainter than the actual sound) that it uses during reverse gear. I checked to be sure the car is indeed off, and snooping around I couldn't hear the sound anymore nor does it get louder or localise to any part of the vehicle. Maybe my ear or brain has associated the driveway with the reversing sound.
3. Phantom phone vibrations in the pant pocket. This isn't to do with the car but must be the same mechanism! Sometimes it feels like faint vibration notification coming from the phone in the pocket but there isn't one!
1. During constant speed autopilot, stepping on the accelerator pedal causes no acceleration for the first 10% or so of travel, but your head will bop forward expecting to be pushed back into the headrest. It is totally weird that the right ankle motion is neuromuscular-linked to the neck muscle, presumably from the cerebellum, to anticipate and compensate for the expected acceleration. Tried this about 50 times and it is perfectly reproducible and proportional.... weird!
2. Sometimes even when the car is off and on the driveway, walking up to it I seem to hallucinate the whirring sound (but much fainter than the actual sound) that it uses during reverse gear. I checked to be sure the car is indeed off, and snooping around I couldn't hear the sound anymore nor does it get louder or localise to any part of the vehicle. Maybe my ear or brain has associated the driveway with the reversing sound.
3. Phantom phone vibrations in the pant pocket. This isn't to do with the car but must be the same mechanism! Sometimes it feels like faint vibration notification coming from the phone in the pocket but there isn't one!