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I've been driving a Chevrolet Bolt EUV since mine was delivered in April, 2023. For the first six weeks, I avoided One-Pedal Driving since I thought it might i
by jdeibele 3y ago
I've been driving a Chevrolet Bolt EUV since mine was delivered in April, 2023. For the first six weeks, I avoided One-Pedal Driving since I thought it might impair me driving a regular car.
I switched to using OPD and I can't imagine going back. When I was younger, I drove only manual transmission cars and liked the feeling of being integrated with the car that shifting gears gave me. In the US, that's left hand on the wheel, right hand on the gear knob, left foot on the clutch, and right foot on the gas or brake.
At the time, I believed that only people using a manual were "drivers", everybody else was a "steerer". OPD only uses one foot and one or two hands on the wheel but for me, the feeling is somewhat similar to the manual as the car reacts quickly to my right foot.
I use adaptive cruise control a lot, even on city streets. My ICE cars would not let me set cruise control below 25MPH but the Bolt lets me set it at anything I want. That (presumably) gets me around the issue of not being able to coast - on cruise control, the car will coast when it wants, accelerates when it wants, use re-gen when it wants.