Motion Sickness

[Saksak]

It's more than likely the regen. Do you have it set on high? If so, turn it to low or off and see if that helps. As I have mine set to high I warn people who get into the back seat to let me know if they start feeling sick and I'll turn it down. It's a known EV tradeoff, not limited to just Air or Gravity

Why not make much more subtle movements with the accelerator? Even with high regen, there is enough control that changes in acceleration/deceleration can be very gentle.

Motion sickness can be induced by changes in acceleration (force vectors) in any direction. This includes straight-line stop and go. With passengers, I focus on keeping the ride smooth above all else, including going slower on windy roads with very gradual speed changes.

There are some drivers that seem to be oblivious to ride smoothness. I’ve taken Uber’s where the driver is constantly accelerating/decelerating for no reason - on an open straight road with no traffic, in ICE cars. I have to concentrate on the road in order to not get motion sick.

 

[The_Don]

Why not make much more subtle movements with the accelerator? Even with high regen, there is enough control that changes in acceleration/deceleration can be very gentle.

Motion sickness can be induced by changes in acceleration (force vectors) in any direction. This includes straight-line stop and go. With passengers, I focus on keeping the ride smooth above all else, including going slower on windy roads with very gradual speed changes.

There are some drivers that seem to be oblivious to ride smoothness. I’ve taken Uber’s where the driver is constantly accelerating/decelerating for no reason - on an open straight road with no traffic, in ICE cars. I have to concentrate on the road in order to not get motion sick.

While I know you can modulate the throttle, it's a lot easier to let the car coast with regen mode off. I find myself eager to turn on drive assist when on highways simply because it's annoying to have to constantly and carefully modulate the throttle for extended periods of time to eliminate jerkiness. Of course, an easy alternative to this is turning off regen altogether when on highways.

 

[bcjenkins]

I focus on keeping the ride smooth above all else, including going slower on windy roads with very gradual speed changes.

When I was teaching my daughter how to drive—a manual transmission first, then automatic—I told her to pretend that there’s a tall glass of orange juice perched on the dash.

Who wants to spill sticky orange juice in their car?

She learned how to accelerate and decelerate in a manner that her passengers would appreciate.

Disclosure: Now that she’s all grown up and living on her own, she no longer abides by that principle.

 

[illopp00]

When I was teaching my daughter how to drive—a manual transmission first, then automatic—I told her to pretend that there’s a tall glass of orange juice perched on the dash.

Who wants to spill sticky orange juice in their car?

She learned how to accelerate and decelerate in a manner that her passengers would appreciate.

Disclosure: Now that she’s all grown up and living on her own, she no longer abides by that principle.

I try to use standard regen and very smooth foot motions for good driving habits, but this gets thrown out of the window with unpredictable traffic behavior too

 

[dcm]

I like the one pedal driving personally

I use high regen but never carry passengers in the back seat. But, when anticipating a slow down or stop, I push the accelerator down a bit before disengaging cruise control. This eliminates the big deceleration, Then I modulate the accelerator to slow at a slower rate.

 

[boydracing]

There's actually a study about motion sickness in EVs. The brain is trained for our entire history of riding in cars based on motion and noises that we have experienced over time. As the vast majority of our time has been spent in ICE cars the brain is expecting the same audible and motion cues. As EVs are a completely different experience the brain simply doesn't respond as efficiently. It's not specific to Lucid.

It is the audible lack of noise that disorients the brain. I had given motion sickness to someone with just acceleration in the Gravity. This is the same type of thing with a race car only a lot tougher and have to do turns and loading. With noise, the brain sets an expectation of force. Without noise, the brain is confused - resulting in disorientation.