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A growing number of studies suggest that people experience more carsickness riding in electric vehicles (EVs) compared to traditional petrol or diesel cars.
A 2024 study believes that regenerative braking technology – where the motor converts the slowing car’s kinetic energy into electricity that then is stored in the battery – results in low-frequency deceleration, meaning that the vehicle slows down gradually and steadily, over a relatively longer period, rather than rapidly or in quick pulses. Such low-frequency deceleration tends to be associated with higher levels of motion sickness.
We’d like to hear from people about their experiences of feeling car sick while being a passenger or driving in an EV. How does it compare to being in a petrol or diesel car? Have you found a way to prevent you feeling motion sick?
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