Electric Vehicles

[daktulos]

Originally Posted by Seeker

Triumph electric motorcycle TE-1
https://www.rideapart.com/news/49616...type-revealed/

I'd buy one ... if I had a garage to charge it in. Damn.

[garynortheast]

That sounds very promising. I'd have one - if I could afford it!

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by Seeker

Triumph electric motorcycle TE-1
https://www.rideapart.com/news/49616...type-revealed/

Pity it hasn't got a rear mudguard, will that be an optional extra ?!

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by daktulos

I'd buy one ... if I had a garage to charge it in. Damn.

I'd get a Morgan 3 wheeler if they weren't so expensive and I had a bigger garage to put it in !

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by Luckypants

Yep!

Cannot remember how to upload a picture.

Hope everyone can see this.

[Craig380]

oooooh, I didn't know the ID4s were shipping yet. Full first impressions, please

[Luckypants]

Well its been at the detailers since the weekend, so only got to drive 100 miles total. Its very quiet, very smooth and very comfortable. There is loads of tech. I need to get to grips with, but all seems very easy to use. It has all the EV traits of instant torque, punchy overtakes and weirdly swift progress. We are having to recalibrate brains on speed as no engine noise means you can end up speeding if not careful.

A great feature I'm liking is the adaptive re-gen braking, if I lift off the accelerator the car coasts until it 'sees' a car ahead or a junction/bend/roundabout/etc then it starts to slow the car with re-gen braking until it gets quite strong. If you do nothing, it slows to a stop where appropriate. If it slows for a bend, it goes very slow around the bend. Obviously you can intervene and then it drives as you want it.

Also excellent is the new adaptive cruise control (not an EV only thing I know) linked to traffic sign recognition. If the ACC is set to the speed limit, the car will slow / speed up to the limit without driver input. Its kinda weird and fun at the same time.

I'm loving it so far and cannot wait to get it back.

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by Luckypants

Well its been at the detailers since the weekend, so only got to drive 100 miles total. Its very quiet, very smooth and very comfortable. There is loads of tech. I need to get to grips with, but all seems very easy to use. It has all the EV traits of instant torque, punchy overtakes and weirdly swift progress. We are having to recalibrate brains on speed as no engine noise means you can end up speeding if not careful.

A great feature I'm liking is the adaptive re-gen braking, if I lift off the accelerator the car coasts until it 'sees' a car ahead or a junction/bend/roundabout/etc then it starts to slow the car with re-gen braking until it gets quite strong. If you do nothing, it slows to a stop where appropriate. If it slows for a bend, it goes very slow around the bend. Obviously you can intervene and then it drives as you want it.

Also excellent is the new adaptive cruise control (not an EV only thing I know) linked to traffic sign recognition. If the ACC is set to the speed limit, the car will slow / speed up to the limit without driver input. Its kinda weird and fun at the same time.

I'm loving it so far and cannot wait to get it back.

Does it take into account there might be some idiot tailgating you when it operates this automatic slowing down/ braking or stopping ?!

[Adam Ef]

Originally Posted by Luckypants

then it starts to slow the car with re-gen braking until it gets quite strong.

My van has something similar. At least I thought it did until I realised it was the hand brake binding on the rear drum


In all seriousness.. looks like a great car. A bit jealous. I hadn't seen the VW electric before and looks like they're doing a good job of it.

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by svenrico

Does it take into account there might be some idiot tailgating you when it operates this automatic slowing down/ braking or stopping ?!

The brake lights operate when braking force goes above a certain amount. My wife followed me home from picking it up and said I seemed to be using the brakes a lot, but I wasn't.

It doesn't check the rear camera for hazards before braking as far as I'm aware