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#2957
Lexus Champion
#2958
Lexus Champion
Hydroplaning can occur on any type of vehicle (more so on AWD) and condition of tires plays an important factor. But regenerating braking certainly can set this up. Of course if you're a well experienced driver, you should be fine and know what to do when you hit the water. But when panic, people tend to either press on the accelerator/gas more or quickly let it go. Either way with Tesla is a bad move and can lead to hydroplaning. As active as you are on here, I'm surprised you have not seen any report from real owners on your social media feeds. I'm not sure if it's coincident but Tesla talk about how to reduce hydroplaning in their manuals too.
Again, not saying you can't lose control in slippery conditions, you could, but Tesla's TC is excellent from my experience
#2959
Hydroplaning can occur on any type of vehicle (more so on AWD) and condition of tires plays an important factor. But regenerating braking certainly can set this up. Of course if you're a well experienced driver, you should be fine and know what to do when you hit the water. But when panic, people tend to either press on the accelerator/gas more or quickly let it go. Either way with Tesla is a bad move and can lead to hydroplaning. As active as you are on here, I'm surprised you have not seen any report from real owners on your social media feeds. I'm not sure if it's coincident but Tesla talk about how to reduce hydroplaning in their manuals too.
Sure people can panic on ice or water but those people will also hit brakes hard at those situations.
Never really heard of this as a problem in our large tesla group.
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AMIRZA786 (05-02-24)
#2960
Lexus Champion
We had atmospheric rains in California this winter where water was pouring like buckets and roads were flooded, the Tesla handled it easily, I never felt unsafe at all. Polestar as well
#2961
Lexus Fanatic
It's nearly impossible to spin out a Tesla in any conditions I tried.
#2962
Lead Lap
Tires make a big difference when hydroplaning and not much traction control can do about that once you start hydroplaning.
As far as traction, my EV is the best car I have ever had of any car I’ve owned and it not even close.
As far as traction, my EV is the best car I have ever had of any car I’ve owned and it not even close.
#2963
Lexus Champion
See, I'm not crazy 🤣. Same here. None of the many gasoline cars I've driven comes close
#2964
Most gas cars don't have great awd systems at all. They are on demand systems to just start going. Toyota hybrids have pretty rudimentary awd systems.
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AMIRZA786 (05-03-24)
#2966
I don't trust stuff random unverified posts on the Internet. I'm not saying Tesla's don't hydroplane, any car can, especially if met with the right conditions. For the last two years I've driven my Polestar through bad rainy conditions, and this year was particularly bad driving the Tesla, and I've never even remotely felt any loss of control. I drove it through several flooded roads and on the freeway when it was pouring so hard I had to put the wipers on full.
Again, not saying you can't lose control in slippery conditions, you could, but Tesla's TC is excellent from my experience
Again, not saying you can't lose control in slippery conditions, you could, but Tesla's TC is excellent from my experience
#2967
These are not random unverified posts. Maybe not in your groups but they are everywhere else. I did a search and saw a hand full of posts from owners and stopped scrolling. Here is an article I found: https://www.autoevolution.com/news/r...ng-206345.html and here is the petition with over 3k signatures.
I am sure there are people with different experiences, and some of this might be learning how to drive an EV which is different.
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AMIRZA786 (05-03-24)
#2968
Lexus Champion
These are not random unverified posts. Maybe not in your groups but they are everywhere else. I did a search and saw a hand full of posts from owners and stopped scrolling. Here is an article I found: https://www.autoevolution.com/news/r...ng-206345.html and here is the petition with over 3k signatures.
#2969
Pole Position
I'm consistently impressed at how my EV handles the wet, including acceleration from a stop. It really is quite remarkable, it just gets going and expertly puts down just as much power as it can. It does not put a foot wrong. My Defender is also incredible in the wet. It's actually better than the EV, but that doesn't at all undermine how good the EV is because the EV is doing it with the best part of 600 hp and 800 lb/ft to handle.
#2970
Lexus Test Driver