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