DaveinOlyWA
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IBELEAF said:EVDRIVER said:Cruise wastes energy as it over compensates for inclines of any kind, it is more efficient to drive without it.
Is there some kind of scientific data on this or just your own opinion? The reason I asked is I've been using CC on going up the hill and if done right it works much better then trying to maintain speed/power with your foot.
yes, but you dont need it. try it, see what it does.
now, i will tell you. when you set CC for a set speed. it has a delta usually where it will accelerate or decelerate to maintain speed. so, for instance, you have it set for 60 mph. it will run at usually 60-61 mph. when it senses a loss of speed (which you will feel asap) it will not react until it hits like 59 mph at which time it will immediately (not gradually like you would) apply power to accelerate a mere 2 mph rapidly which means instead a nice smooth increase of power, it will apply much more power than is needed for a quick adjustment to 60-61 mph.
now, our speedomoters are calibrated in whole miles per hour but as you know, your body can sense changes in speed at much smaller increments and you self consciously adjust pedal pressure in response to the momentum changes you feel along with the fact that YOU can see the road ahead so you know to ease off on a hill or power up slightly as you start to ascend a hill.