My experience I was referring to was when the car was at a 1 or 2 mile remaining charge-sustain mode.SoCalGuy said:So perhaps those of you that haven't noticed the wobble, haven't really used Sport in charge-sustain mode where the engine works harder to generate the electrons to power the car.
Hmm, interesting. I wish I could test drive your car to be sure and compare. It would be ashame to continue driving my car with such an issue only to find out months/years later that it could be fixed.Don A said:My experience I was referring to was when the car was at a 1 or 2 mile remaining charge-sustain mode.SoCalGuy said:So perhaps those of you that haven't noticed the wobble, haven't really used Sport in charge-sustain mode where the engine works harder to generate the electrons to power the car.
There is a slight shake when the ICE turns off. I have felt it both in Sport and Stealth+ICE modes. In my experience it is not really a big deal but it may vary from car to car so I can't really generalize. A very simple solution would be to energize the generator for a fraction of the second and use it as a motor to wind the system down gradually under power when the ICE shuts off to avoid the vibration of the ICE sputtering to a halt under load. If we know how to safely wind down and stop hard drive motors that are running at 10K RPM smoothly and quietly, this should be no problem.SoCalGuy said:Hmm, interesting. I wish I could test drive your car to be sure and compare. It would be ashame to continue driving my car with such an issue only to find out months/years later that it could be fixed.Don A said:My experience I was referring to was when the car was at a 1 or 2 mile remaining charge-sustain mode.SoCalGuy said:So perhaps those of you that haven't noticed the wobble, haven't really used Sport in charge-sustain mode where the engine works harder to generate the electrons to power the car.
Doc - As far as I know, all Fiskers do this. The electric motor doesn't 'creep' at idle speed as smoothly as a conventional ICE car does. While I'd love for it to go away, it's more in the "quirky" than "unacceptable" camp for me.doc said:I feel the tremor all the time at 1-2 MPH, whether in sport or stealth. It goes away when taking off, but is of course a little embarassing. It is almost the same feel you get if you start of at a higher gear in a manual transmission car. I addressed this to the dealer, and they said all the cars do this. If you there is a fix or all cars don't do this please let us know.
I think we are talking about different issues.LonePalmBJ said:Doc - As far as I know, all Fiskers do this. The electric motor doesn't 'creep' at idle speed as smoothly as a conventional ICE car does. While I'd love for it to go away, it's more in the "quirky" than "unacceptable" camp for me.doc said:I feel the tremor all the time at 1-2 MPH, whether in sport or stealth. It goes away when taking off, but is of course a little embarassing. It is almost the same feel you get if you start of at a higher gear in a manual transmission car. I addressed this to the dealer, and they said all the cars do this. If you there is a fix or all cars don't do this please let us know.
Yes, I took the thread on a tangent. There's the shudder when the ICE auto-stops when idle, for example at a traffic light, and there's the shudder/jerkiness when creeping along at slow speed. I haven't driven on 6.15 long enough to know if it's better or different.Fabulist said:I think we are talking about different issues.