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Felt Carsick In An EV? Scientists Say You’re Not Imagining It And They Know Why
CARSCOOPS ^ | 06/28/2025 | Chris Chilton

Posted on 06/30/2025 11:08:07 AM PDT by TexasKamaAina

“Greater sickness in EVs can be attributed to a lack of previous experience, as both a driver and as a passenger, where the brain lacks accuracy in estimating the motion forces because it relies on previous experience in other types of cars,” William Emond, a PhD student researching car sickness told The Guardian.

“When discovering a new motion environment, the brain needs to habituate because there is no knowledge of previous experience in such a context. This is, for example, why almost everyone becomes sick in zero-gravity environments,” he explained.

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1 posted on 06/30/2025 11:08:07 AM PDT by TexasKamaAina
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To: TexasKamaAina

O3?...................


2 posted on 06/30/2025 11:09:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: TexasKamaAina

This is why the same thing can happen watching 3D movies or on those rides that simulate motion. In the movie/game example, your eyes may focus on a paralax that suggests something is a long way away or very close, but you’re focused on a screen at a fixed distance. And with rides, the ride moves in synch with the movie you’re watching.

They had to close the Back to the Future ride when it first opened. The movement was not in synch with the movie and people were getting sick.


3 posted on 06/30/2025 11:11:32 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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To: TexasKamaAina

I took a ride in Model S, and of course the driver had to do the ludicrous mode thing. I had just had lunch and the first time he accelerated I almost lost said lunch. It’s disconcerting at first because of the lack of sound. Normally hard acceleration is accompanied by the sound of the engine doing its thing, not silence.


4 posted on 06/30/2025 11:11:44 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: TexasKamaAina

Look outside when riding instead of playing with your stupid phones


5 posted on 06/30/2025 11:12:45 AM PDT by Greg123456
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To: TexasKamaAina
Same reason I get car sick in other vehicles?

Generally it is I am too hot and had my head down reading.

6 posted on 06/30/2025 11:12:46 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: TexasKamaAina

Yes, we took an EV Uber from train station to home on a 1 hour drive. My wife was very motion sick when we arrived and swore that she would never get in another one.


7 posted on 06/30/2025 11:13:59 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Greg123456

Liked car rides when a kid great for naps to power up.


8 posted on 06/30/2025 11:33:20 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Red Badger
O3?

Brushless motor.

9 posted on 06/30/2025 11:35:28 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: TexasKamaAina

They are at least 3 times heavier that gas powered cars. They’re too heavy

You’re going around a turn and expect to move differently

I see them rolling stoops all the time especially the bvery heavy trucks

No data yet on how they’re tearing up roads and how the repairs will be bead for the environment because people want these to work whether they do or not.


10 posted on 06/30/2025 11:35:44 AM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: TexasKamaAina

Airlines still have airsickness bags in every seat, even though I have never seen anyone get airsick on a commercial airline flight. The general population has gotten used to the sensations of flying.


11 posted on 06/30/2025 11:36:25 AM PDT by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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To: GingisK

That’s good.

When a car is new, it’s materials give off gasses and that’s where the “New Car Smell” comes from. Some people are allergic................


12 posted on 06/30/2025 11:38:05 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: T Ruth
Airlines still have airsickness bags in every seat, even though I have never seen anyone get airsick on a commercial airline flight. The general population has gotten used to the sensations of flying.

Even first time flyers have the advantage of better radar and forecasting that directs pilots around areas of significant turbulence.

13 posted on 06/30/2025 11:58:51 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Red Badger

Or other toxic problems.


14 posted on 06/30/2025 12:00:29 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: T Ruth

Unfortunately, I think airbags are still needed on planes. I needed one on a flight last year. I take some medicine which can make me nauseous, and that, combined with some really choppy turbulence, made me reach for the bag. I think it’s safe to assume that there is one or two people out there like me.


15 posted on 06/30/2025 12:06:12 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: Raycpa
I liken it to riding as a passenger in a stick-shift car. In an EV, when you let your foot up from the "gas" it automatically slows down to do regen braking, much like letting up from the gas in a stick-shift (unless you press the clutch at the same time). Assuming you have the regen set up high (to charge the battery while slowing down).

The way around it for us was to set the regen to a low setting until we became masters at handling it, much like getting used to driving a stick-shift so that the passengers aren't lunged from the seat to the dash and back. Now my wife and I drive the EV as smoothly as we drive the gas pickup, even with the regen set high.

16 posted on 06/30/2025 12:08:36 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: T Ruth

Also, A-300’s, DC-10’s, and 747’s seem to ride better than a DC-4.


17 posted on 06/30/2025 12:12:26 PM PDT by Fireone (1.Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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To: TexasKamaAina

Yep, auto drive is the worst. But the braking can be bad as well.


18 posted on 06/30/2025 12:25:17 PM PDT by poinq (thics and customs and did not take an oath to the country. And did not follow the country's traditio)
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To: TexasKamaAina

Heh. Bicycles, now do bicycles ...


19 posted on 06/30/2025 12:38:27 PM PDT by _Jim (Trump 2024 (We won!))
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To: TexasKamaAina

Bullit


20 posted on 06/30/2025 12:44:32 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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