I was reading through the manual and on page 194 it says that shifting to N while vehicle is in motion could damage the transmission? Is that right? I keep hearing in hyper miling techniques to shift to N depending on road conditions....
cashcow said:I was reading through the manual and on page 194 it says that shifting to N while vehicle is in motion could damage the transmission? Is that right? I keep hearing in hyper miling techniques to shift to N depending on road conditions....
cashcow said:How safe is it to accidentally place the rav4 ev in reverse while moving forward at speed? I think I have herd that with an ice transmission the trans can explode? well not realyl explode be heavily damaged. Ok, so no transmission on the rav4 ev but what about the little gears it has inside? Is it a gear box with gear oil?
fromport said:But I am pretty sure the (tesla) software prevents that from happening.
TonyWilliams said:6mph or under will allow switching motor direction (from Drive to Reverse)
cashcow said:Out of curiosity does the motor still spin while in N and no accelerator pedal input?
Not exactly how an ICE engine does. There is no actual transmission in the car so the motor is ALWAYS connected to the drive wheels. So in N, the electronics simply allow to the motor to spin freely to give you a "neutral". An ICE engine spins while in neutral because the engine is running, the electric motor spins in neutral if and only if the drive wheels are rolling.cashcow said:... I just wonder if the motor spins while in N? Kind of like how an ice engine does....
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