Marco Arment

But what I couldn't get over at the time, and I will come back to this, but what I couldn't get over at the time was the transmission.

Because this does, folks, have a two-speed transmission.

I got in the car.

I drove it in whatever mode it was in.

I was just trying to get a feel for what does this car feel like.

And I believe I was in normal mode because why wouldn't I be?

And I can tell you for sure I was not in like Sport or Sport Plus or anything like that.

Having looked into this in concert with my dear friend Brian after the fact, it appears to me that generally speaking,

the car in normal mode will only ever really stay in the higher gear, in second gear, until you call for a whole bunch of power, in which case it will downshift and off you go.

And let me tell you, when you ask for a whole bunch of power, holy God, you get a whole bunch of power.

And this is true of all electric cars, but holy God, this thing hauls.

But...

What I didn't love was that the transmission felt incredibly lethargic.

It felt like, all right, I want the power.

And in every electric car I've ever driven, except this one, when I say I want the power, before I finish the word power, I'm already doing illegal amounts of speed.

With this, I say I want the power.

Okay, there it comes.

You know, it's almost like a turbocharger.

I believe I was in normal or standard, whatever.

So that's the thing.