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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.
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
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.
Regenerative braking is pretty light and also easily modulated.
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.
Regenerative braking is pretty light and also easily modulated.
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.
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
See, I'm not crazy 🤣. Same here. None of the many gasoline cars I've driven comes close
Of course they don't, and that's against best of ice cars. My Model S LR has better traction with way more power than my A7 3.0 tfsi, which supposedly had one of the best systems.
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.
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
Originally Posted by spwolf
Regenerative braking is pretty light and also easily modulated.
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.
i am not saying they are either, just that i did not hear about this recently among large number of Tesla owners. Maybe they updated their regen or something. Spent a bit of time every year in mountains under nice snow, in past 3 years that i got my Teslas, and didnt feel regen is bad, on contrary felt better than braking when you are going down the mountain, as you do have to slow down and doing so with motors is better than with brakes.
I am sure there are people with different experiences, and some of this might be learning how to drive an EV which is different.
My experiences have been completely different. Model Y for me is one of the best handling cars on wet roads, including a winding mountain road I drove in the rain
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.
