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Here's everything Tesla has done to the Model S' software since 2012

• ghiculescu 12y ago
  "Creep Mode. This new feature mimicked the slight forward motion of a standard car when idling, and could be toggled on or off by drivers." I'm curious why anyone would want this? My understanding (based on a few minutes of googling) is that "standard" cars creep forwards so that the engine stays running when neither pedal is down - but an electric engine doesn't need to do this. Is this just to make the Tesla seem more familiar to people used to "standard" cars, or is there a more useful reason?
  • infinotize 12y ago
    If you are in heavy stop-and-go traffic you can slowly ease forward in a car with an automatic transmission (no idea if this works with a DCT) by letting up on the brake pedal, which is slightly easier and smoother than going brake-accel-brake. The same force also keeps cars from rolling back on a hit between when you let off the brake and hitting the accelerator. Not sure if a Tesla would roll back in that case, some cars have "hill" features to prevent that rollback. Edit: "standard"/manual transmissions will move forward in gear but they are not really meant to get going without gas and that would require a lot of effort on the clutch pedal to move in slow traffic without gas/brake. I think they misused the term "standard" and meant "car with conventional automatic transmission."