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"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 any
by 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 agoIf 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."