BEV mating season ?

[Bugtownboy]

https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk ... s-taunton/

[dan_b]

Classic!

[smegal]

If it's a twin motor, someone's obviously got caught out by how powerful it is.

[Bugtownboy]

On FB (according to daughter ) there’s a trail of destruction before it ‘mounts’ the final car.

I know it’s comical, but, reading between the lines (dangerous) - new car, massive power

We could, potentially, all be there as age progresses

[AE-NMidlands]

Maybe the "sport/rocket" setting or whatever it is called could be automatically disabled after a few moments manoeuvring?

[nowty]

The car is about 2 weeks old, lovin the number plate with 999.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1646310 ... 464282290/

[resybaby]

Cracking example of ambition out foxing ability

[dan_b]

"unintended acceleration" was quite a common cause of low speed parking accidents with early Teslas - was even a lawsuit attempted for supposed faulty accelerator pedals. But it was always user error.

There is now a setting in the Tesla software to enable "obstacle aware acceleration" - ie at low speeds it will use the parking assist to limit acceleration and even apply the brakes to stop people yeeting themselves into parked vehicles.

Maybe the "sport/rocket" setting or whatever it is called could be automatically disabled after a few moments manoeuvring?

[smegal]

"unintended acceleration" was quite a common cause of low speed parking accidents with early Teslas - was even a lawsuit attempted for supposed faulty accelerator pedals. But it was always user error.

There is now a setting in the Tesla software to enable "obstacle aware acceleration" - ie at low speeds it will use the parking assist to limit acceleration and even apply the brakes to stop people yeeting themselves into parked vehicles.

Maybe the "sport/rocket" setting or whatever it is called could be automatically disabled after a few moments manoeuvring?

I have a feeling as this is a brand new car, someone has additionally pressed the wrong pedal. This happens a lot when older people switch from manual to automatic. On a powerful EV, this can be catastrophic.

[dan_b]

Indeed - hence the above feature that Tesla added