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Originally Posted by sendler
No accel, no decel coast would be more accurate than the term freewheel which implies disconnecting the motor with a clutch. The motor is still being turned by the wheels and trans. The one pedal drive scheme also "free wheels" but does it at a partial position of the accel pedal instead of at off pedal. Advanced Volt drivers discovered this by selecting L, and promoted this when they realized improved efficiency. The friction brake pedal is never touched during the complete trip with the Bolt.
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Coasting in an EV doesn't require a clutch to be "real". There is almost no friction, and virtually no load when the reduction gear (aka transmission) and the rotor are spinning. A manual transmission has more internal friction, even with the clutch disengaging the engine.
I have driven the i3 (my brother owns one) and while it is easy enough to use (it has a easy to find "neutral zone" on the accelerator), it is not as good as the way the e-Golf does it.
The most important thing to realize about how the e-Golf works is: it defaults to coasting
without the driver learning anything new. You learn how to ecodrive just by driving.
The Bolt EV would need to be driven in L and you would need to use the steering wheel paddle to get close to the i3 in terms of regen, and it remains to be seen if it has an easy to find "neutral zone" on the accelerator.