One-pedal-turn off in icy conditions

[RickKeen]

I am too old to learn how to drive again.
If you do want to train your brain on a new way to do it, I would suggest winter is NOT the time to be learning something new.

But sure, if you are already an expert at 1 PD driving, keep using what you know in the snow and ice.

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[jefrank]

Granted, I have never - yet - driven a vehicle with one pedal mode, but at least in my current train of thought, I absolutely refuse to use it. I don't want my muscle memory in an emergency having to remember / think about which vehicle I'm driving. Besides my own vehicle (expected to be a Lightning soon), I drive my wife's car, several different vehicles for work, and once in a while one of several vehicles for a volunteer activity. None of those other vehicles have 1PD.
Am I off track with this thought?

That's my thinking as well. I'm way too used to lifting my foot off the pedal to coast and this is the only vehicle I have where that's not mandatory. I tried 1-pedal for a week or so, but my muscle memory was too strong and overcoming it would have made me uncomfortable in the other vehicles I drive.

 

[Mmiketa]

Did the people who are afraid of getting bad muscle memory pretend to press a clutch when moving from a manual car to an automatic in order to not lose the clutch muscle memory? I find that when I am in a new car it takes a little bit to get adjusted but then I am fine. I had driven nothing but an EV with 1PD for the last 6ish years and getting into a work truck last week took all of 5 minutes to acclimate to...

I am fine with people wanting not wanting to take a risk, but I see these PSAs pop up every year basically instructing users to turn it off because it's bad..

 

[jefrank]

Did the people who are afraid of getting bad muscle memory pretend to press a clutch when moving from a manual car to an automatic in order to not lose the clutch muscle memory? I find that when I am in a new car it takes a little bit to get adjusted but then I am fine. I had driven nothing but an EV with 1PD for the last 6ish years and getting into a work truck last week took all of 5 minutes to acclimate to...

I am fine with people wanting not wanting to take a risk, but I see these PSAs pop up every year basically instructing users to turn it off because it's bad..

Since I only drove with a clutch for 5 years or so back in late 80s/early 90s, that memory is long gone ;-)

 

[Mmiketa]

Since I only drove with a clutch for 5 years or so back in late 80s/early 90s, that memory is long gone ;-)

I'd be willing to bet that given 10 minutes you'd be right back into it.

 

[jefrank]

I'd be willing to bet that given 10 minutes you'd be right back into it.

Maybe, but I can assure you my left hip wouldn't appreciate it. lol

 

[astrand1]

They do!!

It kicks off just like abs.

I was just gonna say the same thing! The abs definitely works with regen and works quite well.

 

[Henry Ford]

Moderators, can we please have a minimum posting limit before starting a thread?

 

[TaxmanHog]

Moderators, can we please have a minimum posting limit before starting a thread?

I don't have those powers ............. paging @Administrator to see if that's possible on our platform.

 

[Smokey]

I use the 1 PD year round but switch to the whisper mode from the unbridled mode when roads are slick.

 

[Maquis]

I use the 1 PD year round but switch to the whisper mode from the unbridled mode when roads are slick.

Not in your Lightning, you don’t.

 

[luebri]

Two winters so far, I have never turned off 1PD.

I would have said the exact same 9 days ago, but last week we had the worst ICE event I remember in my area in many many years and going 15 miles an hour coming to a stoplight the normal regen grabbed hard enough that I almost slid into some one. If it's super icy, Id say turn it off or preferably I wish we just had a damn SNOW mode that neuters acceleration/deceleration a bit more than normal.

 

[TMND]

I would have said the exact same 9 days ago, but last week we had the worst ICE event I remember in my area in many many years and going 15 miles an hour coming to a stoplight the normal regen grabbed hard enough that I almost slid into some one. If it's super icy, Id say turn it off or preferably I wish we just had a damn SNOW mode that neuters acceleration/deceleration a bit more than normal.

Always seemed strange to me the drive “mode” button has a little snowflake, indicating that there might be a snow mode, but….there isn’t

 

[luebri]

Always seemed strange to me the drive “mode” button has a little snowflake, indicating that there might be a snow mode, but….there isn’t

honestly was one of the most surprising things to me when I researched the truck.

 

[nhlightning]

When driving in winter around other vehicles, don't drive stupid and expect the computers will save you (although, a lot of the time, they do). In my experience, with this truck (and my previous Tesla) in winter if you are having issues with 1PD chances are you are driving WAY TO FAST for the conditions.

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