I am the owner of the Tesla Y, currently driving more than 6,000 kilometers; before driving a fuel car (BMW 5 Series), I have 10 years of driving experience;
The reason why I bought Tesla is to be curious about his brakes and single pedals; because Tesla's car sales are very large, but public opinion is so ups and downs, so I ordered a rear-drive version last October, 27W+8000 (with a white paint), waited for more than 90 days, this year (2022) January 6th to get the car to drive to now, there are 4 months;
I have been driving a fuel car for 10 years, so the experience of gasoline cars is almost the same, basically long-distance urban areas have driven a lot;
Say something interesting, the first time to test drive Tesla, sales did not specifically explain me anything, did not say the brake thing, but I did a little homework, but based on 10 years of driving age, I did not care about these statements on the Internet, so directly opened, but when I released the accelerator when the car was paused, I felt sick in my heart, I did not say anything, sales did not say anything, continue to walk, after a while I basically walked very smoothly; but when reversing, because the in and out of the car is to step on the electric door, On the contrary, some are not adaptable, that is to say, I drove on the single pedal completely unresponsive, but reversed a little uncomfortable, of course, now fully adapted; later after the test drive, the sales asked me, you really did not drive Tesla before, I said really not, I did not lie, I drove a few oil cars, are German BBA series; sales said that you are really adaptable, I said maybe, but at that time I did not understand the meaning of these words, I think he asked strangely, this car is not easy to drive, OK , and the sales are also good, it will be fixed in a few days;
After almost three months, the car was brought back, all the way back by itself, it felt very good, mainly that the reverse car was a bit strange; but now I have been very adaptable, you can not step on the brakes at all directly D gear to reverse gear; the first two weeks of the car will still first step on the brakes and then change the reverse gear, now it is completely unused;
You found that no, I did not feel the brakes from beginning to end, except for the first week or two of driving, only the reverse car used the brakes; other times in the city to drive almost the highest 80-90 yards, if the speed is well controlled, I almost forgot to brake; that is, if the car is driven in the city, the probability of using the brakes is about 5%; how to say this, it can be said that as long as your foot controls a pedal, there is no need to brake at all;
But do you really not need to brake at all, after more than a month, I understand, I still have to! One day on the Nanshan District Shennan Avenue, there are not many cars, I stepped on more than 80 yards, and then accelerated quite cool, and then opened a small desertion or something, has been to the red light, suddenly ticked, prompting that there is a car in front, I found that I was about to crash, but this will not reflect the reaction, because rarely step on the brakes! I still have to look down to find; fortunately, my 10 years of driving age is not covered, quickly change the tank car thinking, directly with the right foot to release the electric door to replace the left pedal to step on the dead brake, brake, basically almost half a parking space on the rear-end, out of cold sweat.
Now understand, Tesla is prone to problems and brakes have nothing to do, to blame the single pedal is too comfortable, lazy people have no brakes at all; when you really need to brake, you may not be able to react, because you usually use too little!
I think Tesla also has some problems that need to be solved
The first is that the car acceleration performance is good, start fast, the disadvantage is that people who have not driven a performance car may not adapt to it, it is easy to control the speed, he should set some transitional settings, in fact, the rolling mode of the pedal is good, but the acceleration can also be intelligent, according to the owner's driving habits from the traditional car to the transition of the performance car;
The second pair of single pedal publicity is insufficient, you such a large company to understand the market in China, a large number of car owners before buying more than two hundred thousand cars, basically are early to buy such as the Japanese system, step down are a foot to the end, loosen is also a foot to take away, there is no transition, the car must be driving on the frustration is very strong; but the owner of the BBA and poor performance can make a good transition, the foot slowly step on the slow loose foundation is not really half a year really can not come out;
Third, I think Tesla should publicize more, even if the brakes you don't use much, but you have to often step on it, not to say that you want to deliberately step on it, but to publicize this awareness; now most of the problems are that this awareness has not been cultivated; for example, when there is a car in front, when reversing, try to step on the opportunity; so as not to develop the habit of not stepping on the brake; when there is a real situation, it cannot be reflected; for example, I have not sold a gasoline car, and I drive out to hang out from time to time, because I don't want to refuel, So drive a kilometer back, so often change the drive, the risk is much smaller, if there is only one tram, I strongly recommend often to step on the brakes;
Many media and self-media basically do not analyze and directly say that there is a problem with the brakes, in fact, it is ignored, the state of the driving habits of mainland car owners, some changes brought about by changes in the driving habits of the car; it can also be said that not all users are adapted to driving electric vehicles, mainly look at themselves, like an electric car on a button is not, all screen operation, many car owners are not adapted;
Tesla sales are mainly good in the urban area is very suitable, about 70 speed endurance can be opened for a week, electricity is cheap, the foot work in place (basically half a month at most half a year can adapt), this car can be considered, especially interested in electronic products, interested in science and technology.
Long-distance is not recommended ha, you short if more than 100 kilometers is not bad, 300 kilometers is a bit difficult, especially if it is more than 500 kilometers or drive a fuel car; so the advice for long-distance needs is not to just buy a tram, it is best to have two cars.