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From: Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: Thoughts on industrial design
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:32:25 -0700
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On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:02:28 -0400, Zen Cycle <funkmaster@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>On 4/27/2025 9:26 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>> On 4/27/2025 2:32 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>>> On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 09:47:23 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> He did dump the slushbox for an actual gearbox, which is nice.
>>>
>>> Yep.  I looked around for a stick shift model.  Except for my first
>>> car, all have been stick shifts.  Driving an automatic makes me feel
>>> like I'm the passenger instead of the driver.  With a stick shift, I'm
>>> part of the machine.  If I live long enough to need a new car, it will
>>> probably be another stick shift.
>> 
>> I got in a conversation with a Tesla owner last week. He proudly showed 
>> me a video shot from his driver's seat showing the car self-driving from 
>> his garage to a coffee shop. The ultimate non-driving experience!
>> 
>> I've never owned a car with automatic transmission. Of course, my 
>> current EV has only one fixed ratio reduction gear, so I've moved beyond 
>> playing with multiple ratios. Just step on the gas ... no, throttle ... 
>> no, accelerator, and it goes.
>
>Can you call it "stepping on the gas" in an EV?

"What phrase will replace "step on the gas!" once vehicles are all
electric?"
<https://www.quora.com/What-phrase-will-replace-step-on-the-gas-once-vehicles-are-all-electric>
"Step on the accelerator" seems to be the consensus, although "step on
the rotary encoder" would be more technically correct.

Model S
<https://service.tesla.com/docs/ModelS/ServiceManual/Palladium/en-us/GUID-45B8060C-F262-452F-9694-CFB7C87F33EC.html>
Model Y
<https://service.tesla.com/docs/ModelY/ServiceManual/en-us/GUID-8E18B453-7EBF-417C-B0C2-BC2CDAA2A1C1.html>
Marginally better photos:
<https://www.ebay.com/itm/144674953544>
It looks like a rotary encoder, but I'm not certain.
 
>> Half of my bikes are friction shifting, which is a vaguely similar issue 
>> for discussion.


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