This doesn't rise to the level of warranting a new thread...
I had the HV controller firmware update done earlier today. Wow!
We rarely take our Think on freeways. But, I made an exception on
the ~20 mile trip home from Eurostar so I could experience/evaluate
the new Firmware. Comments:
D(rive) mode. Car accelerates like it has a turbo. Put your foot in it
and the car scoots forward with a firm push on the back/kick in the
butt. Car easily accelerates up to 70 MPH. I ran an informal "reality
check" on a ~1/2 mile long hill on a surface road. With the earlier
firmware, starting from a dead stop, I could get up to and sustain
40 MPH. With the new firmware I had reached 60 MPH and still
accelerating when I crested the hill. Wow! The energy use gauge was
down to the orange dots which I had never seen before. Top speed is
alleged to be 78 MPH. I saw 70, and could feel some acceleration
still available when I punched it.
E(conomy) mode. Allegedly, the starting from 0 MPH torque curve
and regen curves have been reprofiled to give more startup torque and
regen. This maybe so, but I'll admit if this it so, it's not a slap in the back
of the head like the changes to D. I believe that I can feel a greater
deceleration from regen, but it's subtle. Since I drive for minimum energy
use, before the upgrade I rarely used the full acceleration capacity of the
car. I can't say I feel greater acceleration from 0 MPH. If it's there, I guess
it will be useful from time to time. In E, the car tops out at a gutless 60
MPH on the flat.
I expect that I will continue driving in E for the vast majority of the time in
our mostly urban driving regime…
and waiting for -- or simply making up -- the most transparent/juvenile
excuses to drop into D and punch it just for the fun of it!
Remind me, what does GTO stand for…G(??) T(hink) O(??)
Hahaha! ;-)