OT: EV question

Can the cruise control on an electric vehicle (generally) run at 20 mph? I know that internal combustion vehicles usually have a minimum speed but an electric motor may be different. I am thinking about some of the newer speed limits our council has introduced in its wisdom following the outstanding success in Wales.

Mine can. (A skoda enyaq) I use it when meeting 20mph zones

Haven't tried cruise control, but the limiter on my EV is happy to set to 20 mi/h.

I find the limiter to be much more use than cruise control.

nib

Pretty sure my diesel XF can.

"For the Jaguar XF 3.0D, the minimum set speed for the standard and adaptive cruise control systems is 20 mph (30 km/h). The system allows you to adjust your cruising speed upwards from this baseline. If you require the car to travel and maintain a steady speed under 20 mph, you should engage the Automatic Speed Limiter (ASL). The speed limiter function can be set to speeds as low as 2 mph and works to hold your chosen maximum speed. "

I find the reverse myself. With cruise control brakes and accelerator still both work. With ASL I don't think the accelerator does. Not without using emergency kickdown which is not a very useful feature in a car with turbo lag.

I think that's generally the minimum speed that cruise control will engage at (regardless of EV or ICE). Might need to be a bit faster for "adaptive" cruise?

Just a thought. In vehicle speedometers are notoriously optimistic. So if you engage cruise control at what the car claims is 20 mph you are probably doing slightly less.

GPS is your friend here.

Cheers

Dave R

That is nearly always the case because car manufacturers are legally required to ensure that speedometers never under-read regardless of factors like tyre wear, tyre manufacturer, inflation pressure and measuring tolerances.

I have a hybrid, and I live in a 20mph road. It's quite happy to have the speed limiter engaged whether or not it's in electric only mode.

Indeed. Sans GPS I add 10% and subtract one for every 35mph

Speed limiter yes. My jaguar can go down to 2mph in that mode. But cruise control needs 20mph

I have trouble with a Skoda Elroq, which sees the 20 sign but says something about predictive speed not available because speed too low.This is on the limiter. It is difficult to drive on cruise in the situation where 20 limits are coming and going.

To be honest in Cambridge where 20 and 30 are arbitrarily assigned. and are disregarded by cyclists as is everything else, most people simply do not bother with either unless there is a camera

They travel at a hopeful 25mph throughout

I have noticed this with very old drivers on country roads. 40Mph on the open road. 40 mph through the villages

Speed limits do NOT apply for bicycles

dangerous driving does,.

Indeed not, but like all vehicles they should be capable of being stopped within the distance the driver/cyclist can see to be clear and can reasonably expect to remain clear.

Most of the cycle/pedestrian accidents arise from ignoring this principle. 'Too fast to stop in time' is too fast, regardless of any prevailing speed limit.

Isn’t the old legislation from the 1800’s still applicable? Wanton and Furious cycling or something like that. should be accompanied by a 19th century punishment like hard labour. That way they would still get their exercise.

GH