When buying an electric vehicle, there may be some hesitation or nervousness if you aren’t used to driving an EV and understand that it drives a little differently than a car with an internal combustion engine. While a car is a car, there are some subtle and not-so-subtle differences between the different engine types.
One Pedal Driving
One thing that may seem odd initially with an EV is one-pedal driving. This does not mean that there is only a single pedal. One-pedal driving means that when driving normally, once you take your foot off the gas pedal, the car will immediately start to slow down and come to an eventual stop. Obviously, you can still use the brake pedal to come to a stop more quickly, and taking your foot off the throttle will immediately engage the brake lights. Any time you let off the accelerator or use the brakes, the motor utilizes the kinetic energy of braking to provide battery regeneration power to the motor. You can actually increase your driving range over time by being in stop-and-go traffic.
100% Power All The Time
Speaking of one-pedal driving, people who aren’t used to driving EVs always love the instant torque that the battery motor supplies. There is no waiting for the engine to spool up, and the car just keeps on going without shifting any gears—just pure power from any speed.
Pure Silence
As you are driving, notice how quiet the car is while going down the road and on the highway. While in a gas-powered car, you get used to hearing the engine, exhaust, and related noises; an electric vehicle does not have those sounds. Instead, you don’t have to turn the radio up as loudly to try and drown out other car sounds.
Infotainment Display
Most EVs have one central-mounted infotainment touchscreen display. The VinFast VF8 features a 15.6-inch display that allows the driver and front passenger to control everything in the vehicle within seconds. Any setting you can think of is at your fingertips. The large head-up display also gives relevant information to the driver, including turn-by-turn navigation, speed, range, and the like.
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