Apart from being environmentally friendly and technologically advanced, most fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles offer many features that make driving much easier than it once used to be. One ...
One-pedal driving is a feature on some electric vehicles where, under most circumstances, you use only the accelerator pedal to both speed up and slow down. When activated, the brake pedal only comes ...
Adjusting to it takes time and a fresh mindset. Beyond the calm ride and lightning-fast acceleration, EVs introduce features ...
Nikesh Kooverjee has been contributing to the automotive sphere for 11 years. His previous roles include Digital Editor at CAR South Africa and associate editor at CarBuzz. He has always had a strong ...
Many plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs) offer a one-pedal driving technique. This unique PHEV and EV benefit provides the ability to stop and go using only the ...
When my dad taught me and my siblings to drive back in the day, it wasn’t in our ’72 Impala family sedan with an automatic transmission but in his barebones ’69 Beetle commuter car with a four-speed ...
Some electric vehicles, including several GM EVs, are equipped with a one-pedal driving system that will slow the vehicle down without the driver touching the brake pedal. Basically, the driver simply ...
If you've ever driven a Tesla, the first time probably went something like this: Everything's going fine until you need to gently slow down. You lift off the accelerator pedal, and wham! You nearly ...
One-pedal driving is rather like the experience of owning an electric car: it can be hard to appreciate until you've spend time doing it. The phrase "one-pedal driving" refers to the ability of some ...
Automakers have put a lot of effort into making the electric vehicle driving experience as similar to a combustion vehicle as possible. Going from combustion to electric these days doesn’t require ...
One of the niftier aspects of electric cars is that they eschew the need for multi-speed transmissions, instead leveraging an electric motor's instant torque that affords full and immediate ...
This came up on the Car Pro Show last Saturday when I remarked that I loved one-pedal driving in my electric BMW and in every electric vehicle I've ever reviewed. Todd didn't know what I was talking ...