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EVs are triggering a wave of motion sickness claims, scientists are investigating why
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this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2025
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Might be people trying to use the “one pedal driving” feature of many EVs. It’s not a very smooth experience since the car doesn’t “coast” in this mode.
It's as smooth as you make it. There's a slight learning curve, and you need to be able to move your foot smoothly, but it's otherwise pretty straightforward. Some people got used to driving with the gas pedal as an "on/off" button and they need to stop thinking of it like that.
The learning curve is probably what is making people nauseous. I really didn’t understand the point of it as I didn’t notice any improvement in range. Id rather just let the car coast.
I came from a manual transmission, so the learning curve was easier for me than for my wife who had only driven automatics.
The point is mostly that it generates electricity while slowing down. It's also just more directly analogous to how the motor works. Pedal down -> electricity into motor. Less pedal = less electricity. No pedal = no electricity in. When there's no electricity being applied to the motor, and the motor is turning, then it generates electricity (by slowing the motor).
The actual weird thing is just that people are just okay with their automatic transmission cars moving when they're not directly applying gas. I understand the mechanism behind why it happens, but when you think about it, it's a weird and potentially unsafe behaviour that shouldn't be replicated in EVs.