In New York City, congestion pricing leads to marked drop in pollution

Re:In New York City, congestion pricing leads to marked drop... by bryanlarsen on Thursday December 11, 2025 @04:00PM (#46237089)

> With an EV you might accelerate to 57 and then brake to 55 when you let off the accelerator.

No you don't; in fact you can't. Letting off the accelerator enough to apply regen is going to take far more than 2 mph off your speed.

If you want to drop from 57 to 55 in an EV its done the exact same way you do it in an ICE vehicle: you coast.

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Re:In New York City, congestion pricing leads to marked drop... by margalabargala on Thursday December 11, 2025 @04:12PM (#46237235)

Of the three EVs, all different manufacturers, that we've owned in the last decade, zero have coasting as an easy option. You have to either switch off OPD entirely, or else literally shift the car into neutral.

And yes, you are right, if you do that you can coast and then your tire wear will be no worse than an ICE vehicle.

Most EV drivers don't do those things.

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Re:In New York City, congestion pricing leads to marked drop... by bryanlarsen on Thursday December 11, 2025 @06:02PM (#46238559)

Yeah, you're not shifting into neutral on your ICE car to coast from 57 to 55 either, you're just releasing the accelerator. You've still got the motor engaged, so you're doing mild engine braking on the ICE even if it's vernacularly called coasting.

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Re:In New York City, congestion pricing leads to marked drop... by margalabargala on Thursday December 11, 2025 @08:23PM (#46239786)

Thanks to the magic of automatic transmissions, there's basically no difference!

Certainly not enough to make up the EV tire wear from regen.

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