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Old 06-08-2008, 07:13 PM
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Default Re: Acceleration

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Originally Posted by BIGBMN View Post
I wanted to impressions of the acceleration characteristics of this car.

What I have found is if the car is already moving, pressing firmly on the accelerator, will accelerate the car quickly. Plenty of giddy-up for merging on to a highway, or passing.

However if stopped at a light, pressing firmly on the accelerator, will incur a bit of a stumble, before moving. Actually something like move, stumble move. Not bad, but certainly noticeable.

I'm thinking that with the electric motor produces all of its torque at very low rpms, that I should even be able to light up the tires, if I wanted.

Thanks, Ben
Noticed the same thing, but only when the ICE shuts down. I'm supposing that it's the ICE starting. When the mileage display is at '0', there is no stumble; when it's in the 'e-zone', there is a slight stumble. Kinda reminds me of an old Rambler I had before I managed to tweak the accelerator pump and initial spark advance to make it go away.
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