 Drive Electric
One should actually think that driving in a pure electric car would not be fundamentally different from driving with a combustion engine. Yes, of course, there is a different noise level, but on the other hand it is slightly
disturbed by the noises of the tyres, where you can hear different road surfaces more clearly than in a car with a combustion engine.
Now, in this chapter, assume a very economically operated Golf Diesel. And consider primarily the country road with through-towns, uphill and downhill. Driving effectively on the Autobahn is more difficult, so to speak, but
easier on the other side, e.g. behind a truck.
For the country road, this can be explained well with a drive through the Eifel. With the Golf, the gradient was initially taken. It's good if you've done the same route several times or maybe every day. It's not that easy to take out
the gear at the right time.
Well practiced, you then arrive at the next crossroads with 80 km/h and at the place-name sign at 60 km/h. When going downhill, choose the right gear, if possible one that also maintains the speed, which is just above the
limit. In the Golf you only had five gears for this, but if six are graded more closely, that doesn't help much more.
And so, over the years, a driving style has emerged that uses the clutch and accelerator often and the accelerator pedal only relatively gently. Nevertheless, driving sparingly with a diesel also means getting a little
momentum from time to time in order to get over the next hilltop more easily.
Passengers may have often thought, what kind of work is he doing there. But I can assure you that it has become second nature to me in a way that I hasn't noticed it no longer. The only thing that bothered was the people in
front who were constantly on the brakes, although there was no reason to be.
What's this all about here? Of course, for a comparison with an electric car that is optimally adjusted in terms of recuperation. It feels as if independent driving had already been invented and is a real relief in normal road
traffic. And now comes the associated praise of laziness.
You don't even notice that you no longer want to reach for the gear lever, which of course is no longer there. They only do everything with their right foot. You follow without any stress even the most defaulting in front of you.
The braking effect when the accelerator is released can be adjusted so that it is sufficient in 90 percent of all cases.
You even have an automatic brake assistant whose wake-up call they only hear once per trip. At best, you've never seen it in action. And then there is the cruise control, which has already been used in the Golf, especially in
longer 30 km/h zones. In the electric car it is now also adaptive.
And soon you realize how lazy you've become. You no longer take out the gear and glide. Instead you look at the gauge, which now replaces the previous tachometer. Avoid larger deflections and jumps if possible. This
makes savings comprehensible even for normal drivers.
And then the short sprint that is sometimes necessary, which also makes life easier for others on the road sometimes. Well, the drive is still new, but once you try it and you're surprised, even though you've been warned. It's
crazy who spends € 140,000 on a Model S Plaid. 383 Nm were almost too much for us.
Whether that now also saves? The pointer is still difficult to estimate. And after all, my nerves are also a valuable asset. Supposedly, gliding in road traffic is superior to any other sport, but honestly, I won't care. I'll probably
leave the recuperation adjustment paddles where they are as well.
Because maximum care in road traffic is perhaps an even greater good, and maintaining concentration for longer is a contribution to road safety that one would only advise some users of mobile phones to do behind the
wheel. In any case, this little excursion into autonomous driving is enough for me.
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