graememwl
Well-known member
2015 i3 Rex, owned since Jan '18.
On my commute this morning, I was going with the flow of (busy Bay Area) traffic going up quite a steep hill, when all of a sudden I ended up with clear road all around. Once I got over the shock of actually having clear road, I attempted to accelerate up the hill. Nothing happened, I just kept a constant speed. What? I pushed a little harder on the the throttle, still nothing. Still a constant speed. Pushed a little harder, the car lurched a bit then accelerated. Wow, that wasn't good.
I looked at the dash to check there were no warning messages and noticed I was in Eco Pro+ mode. Doh!
The 56 mph limit was why I didn't accelerate originally. However, if you really push the throttle this overrides the limiter and you can drive as fast as you want. I'm sure this is in the manual somewhere, but this was the first time I realized the 56 mph is a "soft" limit.
Happy eMotoring
On my commute this morning, I was going with the flow of (busy Bay Area) traffic going up quite a steep hill, when all of a sudden I ended up with clear road all around. Once I got over the shock of actually having clear road, I attempted to accelerate up the hill. Nothing happened, I just kept a constant speed. What? I pushed a little harder on the the throttle, still nothing. Still a constant speed. Pushed a little harder, the car lurched a bit then accelerated. Wow, that wasn't good.
I looked at the dash to check there were no warning messages and noticed I was in Eco Pro+ mode. Doh!
The 56 mph limit was why I didn't accelerate originally. However, if you really push the throttle this overrides the limiter and you can drive as fast as you want. I'm sure this is in the manual somewhere, but this was the first time I realized the 56 mph is a "soft" limit.
Happy eMotoring