electric cars and frosty roads

fred · 2021-01-04T10:54:10+00:00

I skidded on a small patch of black ice yesterday morning in the electric car so I immediately got off the accelerator pedal, as I would normally do, to allow me recover control. Trouble was as soon as I came off the accelerator the bloody car went into auto re-energise mode, (i.e.) equivalent of braking ( not the same as slowing down via the gears) which threw me off in a different direction. Luckily I was only doing about 30mph so all came out ok but it was a brown trouser moment. Something to be aware of. It is possible to engage neutral but that requires dis-engaging the drive mode and my reactions would not be quick enough for that to be effective

Jan 04, 2021 Last reply: 5 years ago 202 Replies

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bert 5 years ago

In article snipped-for-privacy@mid.individual.net>, Fred snipped-for-privacy@hotnail.com writes

The A380 was a total failure to anticipate trends in the market, specifically the move away from hub to hub flights with radial spurs. Boeing got it right with the Dreamliner, point to point.

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Andrew 5 years ago

And discovered how incredibly noisy they were, which is an issue for Heathrow.

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Fred 5 years ago

Yep. And with the move away from more expensive to operate 4 engined aircraft.

Yep.

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