Oh, another thing

[cjsmith]

I drove a Tesla last Monday.

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[wcg.livejournal.com]

I think the body is the same as a Lotus Elise, which makes it very low with no useful trunk space. The transmission is just a 1-speed, so that's probably the cause of the slowdown you felt when you took your foot off the throttle.

Did you just drive it on a straight road? Or did you get to take it over some curves?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Around a loop in the parking lot at very low speeds. I'll get another chance, on more road, tomorrow.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Enjoy! It should be fun. If it drives like an Elise, it'll feel like it's almost glued to the road.

[plymouth.livejournal.com]

It was designed by Lotus people so it shares a lot of the same characteristics, but it was designed from a clean slate.

[nosrednayduj]

It's possible the slowdown is regenerative braking kicking in. I have an old Solectria Force which hardly has any pickup at all, but boy does that regen slow you down!