patrick.net

socal2 says

With Tesla's one pedal driving I can easily speed up and slow down to slot my car into any position. It is such a more enjoyable, quicker and more efficient way of driving than having all your appendages commandeered.

One of my gearhead buddies would go on and on about how he preferred manuals (so he could drive faster) until he test drove my car realizing all the extra work he had to put into his ICE car to do less.

Writings like this make one wonder if the author drives any car made in the last decade at all. Why would a regular two-pedal automatic car commandeer any additional appendage of the driver at all? Does he use left foot for braking all the time before discovering the "1 pedal driving"? That would be a bad idea due to the risk of pressing both pedals at the same time in an emergency (due to the way human brains are wired, prone to having both halves command both sides of the body doing the same thing at the same time unless specifically trained to do different things: try drawing a circle with one hand and drawing a triangle at the same time with the other hand; it would take long practice to do that.) That's why it's a good idea to condition the driver to shifting the right foot to the left for braking, a mutually exclusive action from pressing the right pedal down for acceleration. It's the conditioning for avoiding accidents. One-pedal-driving breaks that conditioning and therefore brings the risk of the driver either taking no action or pressing down hard on the right when emergency braking is required.

Cars with ACC (Advanced Cruise Control, usually implemented using Radar cruise control on cars made by most brands except for Tesla since 2021 for cost-cutting) can easily follow the car in front for stopping and moving along, without requiring any input from the driver (so long as the speed cap set by the user matches or exceeds the speed of the car in front). The only requirement from driver is deciding when to turn on/off the blinkers and when to change lane (some of the more recent ACC systems take care of that too). Even the earliest implementations like those on my four-cars-ago car 2014 Acura MDX could carry out the automatic follow very well, even when inserting into a lane as soon as the driver executes the insertion. Tesla since 2021 claims to be able to do the same using cameras only without Radar, so why would single-pedal-driving even be relevant to this? How is it even relevant to the EV vs. ICE debate? ACC has been standard function on all new cars introduced by Honda and Toyota since about 2018. The car can literally follow the car in front and stay in its own lane without any input from the driver (except for a couple fingers resting on the steer wheel to let the car know the driver is still around, not making a sandwich in the back seat).

Reality says

Writings like this make one wonder if the author drives any car made in the last decade at all.

It's socal2.

He's usually full of it.

socal2 says

I remember when I had to get off the couch to change the channel on the TV. Didn't think it was a bother until I got a remote control.

Except I drive rental automatics and EVs all the time and still come away with a giant "meh, I prefer my manual jalopies".

Reality says

Why would a regular two-pedal automatic car commandeer any additional appendage of the driver at all?

Wasn't he talking about manual shift cars?

HeadSet says

Wasn't he talking about manual shift cars?

I was talking about manuals.

One of my buddies is having the joy of teaching his daughter how to drive a manual and is pulling his hair out with frustration. I get why advanced drivers with sports cars could prefer a manual just for fun. But don't get why anyone would purposefully go seek out a manual transmission if they are not a driving enthusiast.

Eric Holder says

Except I drive rental automatics and EVs all the time and still come away with a giant "meh, I prefer my manual jalopies".

Pretty much all EV's that are not Tesla are lame. I believe Tesla only rented out their rear wheel drive cars to Hertz and not the much faster dual motor versions. Renting EV's can be stressful if you are not around your homebase and familiar with the roads or have an easy/convenient place to charge.

One of of my co-workers in Boise rented a Model Y while in LA last year for work and was also meh. It didn't have the data plan enacted so he didn't get all the extra streaming for music, movies and internet. No FSD either. I encouraged him to test drive the same car for a few days in his home town and he came back with a totally different experience and ended up buying one.

HeadSet says

Reality says

Why would a regular two-pedal automatic car commandeer any additional appendage of the driver at all?

Wasn't he talking about manual shift cars?

95+% new ICE cars sold in the US are automatics. He/she was pointing out the workload issue with driving a manual as if that were a problem with all ICE cars , and touting the less workload when driving an EV using the "one-pedal-driving" method. 95+% ICE cars sold are automatics (and in the last 5+ years overwhelming majority of which also have ACC, Advanced Cruise Control, which makes touching any foot pedal unnecessary most of the time when following in traffic), over which the EV's have no workload advantage whatsoever.

Reality says

HeadSet says

Reality says

Why would a regular two-pedal automatic car commandeer any additional appendage of the driver at all?

Wasn't he talking about manual shift cars?

95+% new ICE cars sold in the US are automatics. He/she was pointing out the workload issue with driving a manual as if that were a problem with all ICE cars , and touting the less workload when driving an EV using the "one-pedal-driving" method. 95+% ICE cars sold are automatics (and in the last 5+ years overwhelming majority of which also have ACC, Advanced Cruise Control, which makes touching any foot pedal unnecessary most of the time when following in traffic), over which the EV's have no workload advantage whatsoever.

ACC stands for “Adaptive Cruise Control”, in that it adapts the set vehicle speed to respect the set following distance and speed of the vehicle in front of it.

ForcedTQ says

ACC stands for “Adaptive Cruise Control”, in that it adapts the set vehicle speed to respect the set following distance and speed of the vehicle in front of it.

This shit annoys me to no end. It takes one slowpoke to create a long line of ACC-equipped cars to line up behind it and chug along 10mph below speed limit with drivers fingerfucking their phones oblivios to the fact.

socal2 says

Tesla only rented out their rear wheel drive cars to Hertz and not the much faster dual motor versions.

And you'd be wrong. I rented LR AWD ModelY from them.

Reality says

workload issue with driving a manual

Yeah, some back braking labor, LOL. What's next: the unberable burden of steering with your hands?... Wait, I think we already starting to hear that.

Eric Holder says

And you'd be wrong. I rented LR AWD ModelY from them.

Then you must have it set at "chill" mode or drove it like an old lady.

There is no way you can drive a dual motor Model Y and not be impressed with the acceleration. It is one of the quickest cars on the road.

ForcedTQ says

ACC stands for “Adaptive Cruise Control”, in that it adapts the set vehicle speed to respect the set following distance and speed of the vehicle in front of it.

My wife's Hyundai has ACC which is nice for long freeway drives.

But it is nothing like Tesla's Full Self Driving that can literally drive you door to door through busy city streets and now navigate and park itself in busy COSTCO parking lots.

Basically $99/month to have a full time chauffer. No one in the world is close to what Tesla has already accomplished here. GM just announced they are bailing out of Cruz and Waymo is basically locked into geofenced areas that were heavily mapped by LIDAR.

Hope some of you guys were smart and picked up some TSLA shares before the election.

socal2 says

Eric Holder says

And you'd be wrong. I rented LR AWD ModelY from them.

Then you must have it set at "chill" mode or drove it like an old lady.

There is no way you can drive a dual motor Model Y and not be impressed with the acceleration. It is one of the quickest cars on the road.

It accelerates briskly, I give it that. But it is also heavy as fuck and makes you aware of that. It is also underdamped and gets upset where my other cars don't. And that "one pedal driving" thingy? It bored me to death. But it is useful in snow and on ice. Brilliant, actually. People of SFBA in general have no fucking idea how to drive on slick roads so this might save some grief to many occasional travelers to Tahoe area.

socal2 says

Basically $99/month to have a full time chauffer. No one in the world is close to what Tesla has already accomplished here. GM just announced they are bailing out of Cruz and Waymo is basically locked into geofenced areas that were heavily mapped by LIDAR.

$1,200/yr? That's gas for the average commuter with sedans. They have 14 gallon tanks tops. That's 2 fill ups and 400-450 miles or just under 1k/mo. That's not including hybrids. All this done in under 5 minutes one time a month.

EV owners don't value time. It's not green. They're fast on acceleration increasing a risk of an accident. Cool. My niece 16 has a Prius and doesn't fill up for 2 months. She spends less than $200/mo on gas. The up front cost of EV's is 1,000% not worth it in the long run. You've got to change my mind Socal besides it's fun to drive. Which I don't disagree with that.

Eric Holder says

Reality says

workload issue with driving a manual

Yeah, some back braking labor, LOL. What's next: the unberable burden of steering with your hands?... Wait, I think we already starting to hear that.

I loved it for sure and it wasn't hard for me. You learn a lot about driving doing it. Mine was a POS 4 cylinder. 205k miles and no new clutch. One brake change. 1/8th the cost of a Tesla out the door. Not sure how that's not winning. My gas and maintenance was covered before I dumped the car. Spent probably a 1/2 at least overall on what a Tesla sedan costs.

Just because the market "seems" to be changing doesn't mean it is. Power supply is a massive factor that hasn't hit yet. Give it 3-5 years. Our grid is in a bad place and it's at the brink. Especially in CA. Put this in the predictions thread. The fan is spinning the shit just hasn't hit it yet.

WookieMan says

EV owners don't value time.

I absolutely value time. Tesla's Full Self Driving is going to free up millions of hours for commuters all over the world to be doing more productive things then hanging onto a steering wheel and driving in grinding traffic.

socal2 says

WookieMan says

EV owners don't value time.

I absolutely value time. Tesla's Full Self Driving is going to free up millions of hours for commuters all over the world to be doing more productive things then hanging onto a steering wheel and driving in grinding traffic.

Because you live somewhere with traffic and high cost of living? I can live in the country for 1/5 the cost. No traffic. And have access to the same things. I can drive with my knee. I don't operate electronics or anything when driving. I don't want to kill myself or another human based on electronic sensors. My eye work pretty damn well.

How many speeding tickets and accidents you have? I've yet to meet a single human that's NOT been in an accident or had a speeding ticket.

Eric Holder says

Yeah, some back braking labor, LOL. What's next: the unberable burden of steering with your hands?... Wait, I think we already starting to hear that.

This shit annoys me to no end. It takes one slowpoke to create a long line of ACC-equipped cars to line up behind it and chug along 10mph below speed limit with drivers fingerfucking their phones oblivios to the fact.

You are correct on both. The lane-keeping-assist feature is getting quite good too. ACC+LKAS combined can be quite handy when driving long distance on highways: enabling the driver to drive much longer because the constant micro-adjustment to steering wheel (to keep the car centered in the lane despite small bumps in the road surface) would become unnecessary; I used to get tired after a couple hours of driving before getting the MDX a decade ago, one of the first implementations of both (only available on the top trim level that model year, as part of a $15k package, when average new car price was $32k); with those features, I became capable of driving 8+ hours at a time. Also handy in stop-and-go rush hour traffic: not having to touch any foot pedal at all. After having that car for a couple months, I predicted the combination would become available on every newly released car within 5 years simply because the (combined) feature is so great! Toyota and Honda beat my prediction by 1-2 years, and making it free! The sensors are also much much cheaper now thanks to mass production scaling.

A line of ACC-activated cars lining up actually makes passing them easier: they are predictable, and no asshole would suddenly speed up to prevent you from passing when you are on the other side of the dotted median.

socal2 says

But it is nothing like Tesla's Full Self Driving that can literally drive you door to door through busy city streets and now navigate and park itself in busy COSTCO parking lots.

Basically $99/month to have a full time chauffer. No one in the world is close to what Tesla has already accomplished here. GM just announced they are bailing out of Cruz and Waymo is basically locked into geofenced areas that were heavily mapped by LIDAR.

LOL! No. Costco has some of the largest parking spaces: each space is double-lined between cars/spaces. Tesla's FSD even in its latest version would easily crash a car multiple times each week. It's not a full-time-chauffer any more than you can ride in a pink jeep driven by a 5yo girl who has had the toy for a few weeks: yes, she can go around obstacles in the yard and you can praise her driving skills. She is not quite even at a learner's permit holder's level in terms of driving on real streets with a supervising adult sitting in the passenger seat. Tesla makes it quite clear: it doesn't allow the owner/driver to sit in the passenger seat while letting FSD drive the car solely on its own. Maybe Tesla should install a duplicate brake pedal on the passenger side, so each driver can be a driver's ed teacher being able to stop the car on the passenger side just to prove FSD can drive at least as good as a beginner driver's ed student.

Waymo's approach is far more responsible than Tesla's.

socal2 says

Tesla's Full Self Driving is going to free up millions of hours for commuters all over the world to be doing more productive things then hanging onto a steering wheel and driving in grinding traffic.

"FSD will be able to fully drive itself next year" has been the mantra for almost a decade! and it's still "next year." If/when the technology finally arrives, self-driving will be available on ICE cars, just like ICE cars can also accelerate fast enough to be fun. My ICE car has quicker 0-60 and quarter mile times than Tesla Model Y LR dual-motor, and cost about the same when I bought it despite having far better interior, far better UI, far better ride quality and better architecture. Now it's quite clear battery EV's can be made very cheaply, in the range of $15k USD for making an econobox similar to Tesla Model Y. That may indeed have its appeals in markets like China, India and Mexico. However, battery EV's can not deliver energy density (range + quick refill), collision/puncture safety or low-temperature environment operability anywhere near what ICE cars can deliver. Then there is the issue of service longevity. Will Chinese, Indians or Mexicans pay for another battery EV in 8 years after their first one's battery dies of old age? quite unlike an ICE car that can keep operating for at least 2x to 3x as many years. Is a brand new battery EV car comparable to the Model Y at $15k and 8yr service life really price competitive to a 3-5yo ICE car that has 10-20 years of service life left? Seems to me the utter disappearance of cheap cars in the US already answered the question: people would rather have a used Lexus or Toyota instead of a brand new POS.