Thursday, November 24, 2022

Tesla model 3 and Y experiments: Stopping Mode and Regenerating Setting

Tesla model 3 and Y experiments: Stopping Mode and Regenerating Setting

 

202211月中旬,网易出现了一篇《特斯拉为什么总是“刹车失灵”?》,文中提到:特斯拉又一次“刹车失灵”了,这样的新闻每隔一段时间就会出”。文中对特斯拉的单踏板模式做了一些描述,但根据我的切身经验,其描述有不准确的地方,甚至有误。这里记录一下我的观察和试验结果。

 

Tesla model 3Y上做了些试验,研究了跟单踏板模式相关的有两个设置:

1、 Stopping Mode: 可选Creep缓行, Roll转动, Hold保持。Tesla model 3Y都有此设定。

2、 Regenerating Setting: 可选Low StandardTesla model 3有此设定,但model Y没有,model Y相当于设成了Standard。这个设定文中没有提到,但对单踏板模式的刹车效果影响很大。

Stopping Mode决定了减速至低速时的表现,主要是怎样让车慢下来和停下来;还有停车后松开刹车时的表现。出厂设定为Hold保持(可能翻译成“抱死”更好)。这个设定需要挂趴车档时才能更改。

Creep缓行的意思是:当车速慢下来后,车会一直怠速溜车前行,而不会停车,除非踩刹车。刹停后,如果松开刹车,车会开始怠速溜车。这和传统汽车一致。

Roll转动的意思是:当车速慢下来后,相当于挂空档,车轮仍会转动,但在平地会停住;如果是坡地,会溜车。刹停后如果松开刹车,奇次松开刹车仍然刹停,偶次则空档溜车。

Hold保持(抱死)的意思是:当车速慢下来后,很快刹车会制动,而且保持刹车状态,相当于踩着刹车或拉了手刹。再想启动,必须踩油门,车才能走起来,即使是下坡。

Regenerating Setting决定车辆在行驶时放松或松开油门踏板的表现,即如何减速。Model 3出厂设定为Standard,而且该设定在行驶途中就可以更改;model Y没有该设定,等效于做成了Standard,不能改。

                Low的意思是:车辆动能回收的力道或程度比较小,减速不太显著。

                Standard的意思是:车辆动能回收的力道或程度比较大,减速显著。

对于model Y,还有设为Standardmodel 3,正常行驶时如果突然完全松开油门踏板,车辆会显著地减速(能量回收发电),刹车灯会亮起。文中提到“剧烈减速”,“剧烈”这个词有点夸张了。这个减速的程度相当于传统汽车有一定力道的踩刹车。如果真需要快速刹车,还是需要踩刹车踏板;如果只是想减点速,那还不能完全松开油门踏板,不然速度减得有点快了。所以这个Standard能量回收的减速程度是某一个“中间值”。正常行驶时如果松开一些油门踏板,而不是突然全部松开,车辆会有所减速,但不是那么显著:油门踏板松得多些,减速就显著些,反之亦然;刹车灯也不会立刻亮起。

对于把这个设定设为Lowmodel 3,正常行驶时突然完全松开油门踏板,能感觉到比一般传统汽车多一点点的刹车效果,但基本上差不多,制动效果不明显。

三年前开始开model 3时,因为觉得Standard设定减速减得有点猛,我把这个设定改成了Low,开起来跟传统汽车基本一样。

 

了解上述两个设定之后,我们分别看一下Tesla model Ymodel 3的各种情况。

 

假设一辆Tesla model Y40迈(64公里)的时速正常行驶,前方靠近学校,需要减速到时速25迈(40公里),那就慢慢松开一些油门踏板,直至车速降到时速25迈(40公里),比较轻地踩着油门踏板前行。这时驾驶员看到路边有似乎想横穿马路的几个学生,为了安全,他要把车速降到10迈(16公里)以下。这时候就显现出来三种Stopping Mode设定的区别了:

                如果该设定为Creep缓行,他可以完全松开油门踏板,让车速降到10迈以下,把脚放在刹车踏板上但不踩下去,随时准备刹车。model Y会缓慢怠速前行,和传统汽车一样。文中提到得踩着点油门踏板小心前行,对于这种设定来说就是错误的描述。

                如果该设定为Roll转动,驾驶员也可以完全松开油门踏板,让车速降到10迈以下,把脚放在刹车踏板上但不踩下去,model Y会以惯性空档溜车。如果是平地最终会停车,如果是上坡则会停车后反向溜车。这和传统汽车在低速时挂了空档一样,驾驶员要么需要踩点油门保持前行,要么需要踩刹车制动。

                如果该设定为Hold保持(抱死),车辆的减速是以刹停为目标的,如果驾驶员松开油门踏板,车辆会很快停车,刹车自动抱死。所以这种设定使得驾驶员必须一直踩着点油门才能保持车辆缓慢前行,这种情况才是文中描述和诟病的那样:提防着学生会突然横穿马路,还得踩着油门前行,而不是把脚放在刹车上随时准备刹车。

 

再来看Tesla model 3。如果model 3 Regenerating Setting设定为Standard,那就和上面model Y的表现一样,不再赘述。

如果model 3 Regenerating Setting设定为Low,会影响时速10迈(16公里)以上的减速表现,而对时速10迈以下的行驶情况没有影响。具体说来,车辆以40迈(64公里)的时速正常行驶,前方靠近学校,需要减速到时速25迈(40公里),驾驶员可以直接完全松开油门踏板,其减速的感觉和传统汽车一样。车速降到时速25迈(40公里)后,比较轻地踩着油门踏板前行。如果需要把车速降到10迈(16公里)以下,就再松开油门来实现。车速降到10迈(16公里)以下之后的三种表现和model Y一样,在此不再重复。

 

综合一下,主要有两点:

  • 特斯拉的单踏板模式比文中描述得复杂,因为有不同的设定可以改变车辆的行为。

  • 如果喜欢传统汽车的驾驶感觉,可以通过改变设定来模拟趋近。

 

对于model Ymodel 3,我把它们的Stopping Mode都设成了Creep缓行,这样符合传统汽车低速时的驾驶习惯。

对于model 3,如前所述,我把它的Regenerating Setting设成了Low,减速的感觉跟传统汽车基本一样。


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

My Review of Lowepro Fastpack 350 Camera and 17 inch Laptop Backpack

Originally submitted at SellNSend

The Lowepro Fastpack 350 will adapt to your ever changing requirements! The Fastpack 350 is a Backpack for your D-SLR camera with lenses, flash and accessories and Laptop Case or Bag for your Laptop or Notebook Computer with screen up to 17 inches. The Fastpack 350 is made from a tough, water-resis...


Good camera + laptop combo backpack

By Johnny from San Jose, CA on 1/25/2011

 

4out of 5

Pros: Comfortable, Adjustable Harness, Easily Accessible Equipment

Cons: Heavy, Cumbersome

Best Uses: Transporting Gear

Describe Yourself: Photo Enthusiast

Was this a gift?: No

I tried Lowepro FastPack 250 and found some of its lens 'rooms' are too narrow, therefore I bought FastPack 350 for my airplane (carry-on) and cruise trip. Like the 350 harness. The 350 seems a little bulky, a little hard to rotate from back to sling to pull out the camera. Wish 250 has larger lens rooms, or 350 is a little smaller. Will try this 350 on my airplane/cruise trip.

Another choice is Tamrac 3385 with rain resistant zippers, its size seems good, but I saw broken zipper on a store sample. :(

(legalese)

Friday, November 26, 2010

Be aware: counterfeit or fake Nikon EN-EL3e battery


First of all, this blog article is not talking about after-market knock-offs, replacements, equivalents, or off-brands, those are cheaper third party brands that may or may not work with your camera. This article is to discuss counterfeit or fake Nikon EN-EL3e battery on the market sold by various vendors, meaning the vendors claim they sell genuine Nikon EN-EL3e batteries, at about the same price as the genuine ones (about $37 - $38 as of late 2010), but these batteries are not genuine.


I have been looking for a backup battery for my Nikon D700 camera, which came with an original EN-EL3e battery I believe. After trying a few off-brands with troubles, I decided to buy a genuine Nikon EN-EL3e.

Then I went to amazon.com and tried a Marketplace vendor "HD Camcorders & More" who has pretty good customer reviews. Their shipping was fast, I quickly opened the package, found a few suspectable non-genuine spots, used a multimeter to measure the battery's terminals so that I knew it's better than off-brands, plugged the battery onto Nikon charger for a several-hour full charge, then put into camera and took a few test pictures. The battery works. But when I looked into camera's menu to check out the Battery info, I found something wrong.

I knew I took 3 pictures using this 100% fully charged battery, but the Pic.meter showed "1"! I blinked my eyes for a few times, it was still "1", not the expected "3". Then I left the camera on along with this battery inside, spent a few minutes to re-look the packaging materials, user's manuals, etc., then came back to camera's menu to check Battery info again, now it changed, the Pic.meter showed "0"! I took 3 pictures, but this battery barely 'remembered' only 1 shutter actuation for a while, then just after a few minutes it totally forgot it! What a bad memory... *#^@_@^#*!

Here is a picture showing the Battery info menu page, for 3 shutter actuations, it only shows "Pic.meter 0".

Based on this finding, considering the suspectable here's and there's, also read through a few online pages discussing counterfeit or fake Nikon EN-EL3e battery (see Appendix below), I knew this battery is a fake.

Quickly went to Amazon.com and ordered another EN-EL3e battery solder by Amazon.com itself, shipping was fast (with notorious Amazon.com stingy packaging, this time no air bubble at all), as soon as I grabbed the battery paper carton box in my hands, I could feel the difference! The weight is the same, I mean the carton box's paper material felt different in my palm, it is quality paper carton well folded while the previous one is not as good.

Since I hadn't returned the fake one yet, I put both of them side-by-side for a comparison. Below are some pictures, left is fake, right is genuine, unless otherwise noted.

Paper carton box package. Note the holographic seals differ:


Note the fake one says "Cell: made in Japan" and "Pack: assembled in China", while the genuine one says "Made in Japan":



The fake one has an additional barcode label covering original ones, the JAN barcodes differ:


The fake one's carton box is thicker:


Inside the carton box,
the fake one as shown below. Notice the low quality of paper carton, plastic bag, and user's manual; the tight battery protection cover; also the always-golden color holographic seal:


Inside the carton box,
the genuine one as shown below. Paper carton has more complicated and neat and fit folding; paper carton, plastic bag, and user'a manual all have good quality; the battery protection cover fits perfectly on battery; holographic seal changes to green color at this angle:


User's manuals: different paper quality and printing quality. Your fingers will tell you the difference as soon as they touch them...




View at an angle, left is fake, right is genuine. At least you can tell the different colors of their holographic seals.




Now let's look at them side-by-side (left is fake, right is genuine), try tell as many as differences among them, like a kindergarten's game:


  1. Main label size: the fake one has larger label, while the genuine one has very even margins around the whole label.
  2. Main label's corners: the fake one has two 90 degree sharp inner turns at right side, while the genuine one has only round corners.
  3. "Nikon" logo text: the fake one is "N i k o n", while the genuine one shows the correct Nikon logo text font.
  4. Label fonts: the fake one uses fatter/wider font than the genuine one.
  5. Garbage bin drawings are different.
  6. Below the garbage bin, the fake one says "7.4V 1.14Ah" (one point one four Ah) while the genuine one is "7.4V 1.41Ah" (one point four one Ah).
  7. At left side of the "7.4V 1.14Ah" text, the fake one misses a Chinese punctuation 'period' which is a little circle as correctly shown on the genuine one.
  8. The fake one's 3 terminals use shiny metal, like stainless steel; while the genuine one uses dull, non-shiny metal surface finish. Fortunately the fake one's "S" terminal doesn't have a voltage comparing to "-" terminal, otherwise it'll have the same bad self-discharge as the off-brands.
  9. The fake holographic seal is not flat, always golden/orange color, has 4 flimsy cuts, shows both even and odd rows "Nikon" text at any angle. The genuine one is flat, well stuck, can change color at different angles, with 4 even cut notches, only shows even or odd row "Nikon" texts at some angles while the other row(s) display is muted.
  • The "Nikon" vs. "SONY E.D" difference should be OK to ignore.
  • Both have lot numbers.

Place them in another way,
up is fake, down is genuine, re-examine their differences:


Now look at the other side of the battery, see the bolder font on the fake one (up) vs. the nice Nikon logo and other text on the genuine one (down):



The fake one:


The genuine one:


Different holographic seals at an angle:


Shiny contacts/terminals on the
fake one (the yellow/golden color holographic seal is in background):


Non-shiny contacts/terminals on the genuine one (the green color holographic seal at this angle is in background):


Looking at all these differences, I see this fake EN-EL3e battery is differently faked comparing to other kinds of counterfeits mentioned in Appendix links. The biggest problem is still the fake one's "bad memory" or volatile Pic.meter issue, not sure about the battery's lifetime though.

I'm returning this fake EN-EL3e battery back to HD Camcorders & More for a refund. Also I urged Amazon.com to clean up counterfeits at Amazon.com Marketplace, Amazon.com Customer Service confirmed it can be returned and they'll pay the return shipping cost, also said "We'll consider your feedback as we plan further improvements."

Also I contacted Nikon USA Customer Service, they said "The only way to be sure it is a genuine Nikon battery would be to send it to service to be checked", also they confirmed EN-EL3e "batteries are labeled as Made in Japan."



Appendix

Online references on "fake EN-EL3e":


The official Nikon website:
Other web pages:

Monday, October 5, 2009

Prepare for earthquake

U.S. west coast is an earthquake high risk area. It's said a big earthquake is overdue. Be prepared.


The Great California ShakeOut: 10/15/2009 will have a state-wide drill:
http://www.shakeout.org/
Also it has a 7-step preparedness guideline doc.


Santa Clara County ARES/RACES (Amateur Radio Emergency Services/Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services):
http://www.scc-ares-races.org/aresraces.htm


2008 Bay Area Earthquake Probabilities
http://earthquakes.usgs.gov/regional/nca/ucerf/


Be prepared:
www.daretoprepare.org

Thursday, October 1, 2009

community events - updated 10/1/2009

Updated the upcoming community activities list:


10/3 Saturday 4-6pm
Lantern Walk - Moon Festival Celebration: Lantern display, Entertainment, Arts & Crafts, Games, Mooncake Tasting, Raffle Draw
Saratoga, entrance of Big Basin Way, in front of Starbucks
http://www.saratogavillage.info/images/SVDC-LanternWalk09web.gif
(Ctrl + scroll up to enlarge the picture)


10/4 Sunday 11am-4pm
Wildlife Festival
face painting, live animals to touch, food. Alum Rock Park, San Jose.
http://www.ysi-ca.org/Events/Wildlife%20Poster%202009B.pdf


10/31 Saturday 2-4pm (Halloween)
Witchy Walk-A-Bout
Downtown Saratoga
http://www.saratogavillage.info/images/2009witchposterweb.gif


8/22 -- 11/29
Gilroy Gardens special: only $9.99 general admission
http://www.gilroygardens.org/schoolspecial.html

upcoming community events: 9/24/2009

here is an updated list for coming events:

9/26 Saturday
Free museum day
http://microsite.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/venue.html
* Exploratorium 3601 Lyon St, San Francisco CA
* Coyote Point Museum for Environmental Education, 1651 Coyote Point Dr, San Mateo CA
* Hiller Aviation Museum. 601 Skyway Rd, San Carlos CA
* Chabot Space & Science Center. 10000 Skyline Blvd, Oakland CA 94619


9/26 Sat., 9/27 Sun.:
SF Dragon Boat Festival, at Treasure Island
boat racing, bay view, many entertainment performances, children's activities
http://sfdragonboat.com/


9/26 & 9/27 Sat & Sun 10am-5pm
Sonoma County Farm Trail days
food tasting, activities, farm animals, etc.
http://weekendalongfarmtrails.com/


9/27 Sun:
歡慶中秋佳節及“十一” 國慶聯歡會, at Fremont Central Park
http://bayarea.99people.com/17953


10/4 Sunday 11am-4pm
Wildlife Festival
face painting, live animals to touch, food. Alum Rock Park, San Jose.
http://www.ysi-ca.org/Events/Wildlife%20Poster%202009B.pdf


8/22 -- 11/29
Gilroy Gardens special: only $9.99 general admission
http://www.gilroygardens.org/schoolspecial.html

Friday, August 28, 2009

Some coming local events

Today is 8/28/2009 Friday.


Now through 11/29 GilroyGardens Family Theme Park, Back to school special, $15 ticket:
http://www.gilroygardens.org/companyspecial.html

8/29-8/30 (this weekend) Italian Family Festa, downtown Willow Glen of San Jose, CA:
http://sites.google.com/a/iahfsj.org/italian-american-heritage-foundation/Activities---Programs/Festa



Labor Day weekend:

9/4-9/7 The 57th Annual Capitola Begonia Festival, Capitola, CA:
http://www.begoniafestival.com/

9/5-9/7 The 9th Annual Washington Township Railroad Fair, Ardenwood district, Fremont, CA:
http://www.spcrr.org/PDFs/RailfairFlyer2009-v2.pdf

9/5-9/7 The 34th Annual Tapestry Arts Festival, downtown San Jose, CA:
http://www.tapestryarts.org/ (has kids activity area)

9/6 Sunday The 28th Annual Sand Sculpture Contest, at Drakes Beach of Point Reyes National Seashore
http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_sandsculpturecontest.htm



9/26/09 Free general admission: hundreds of museums and cultural venues nationwide:
http://microsite.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/venue.html
Someone recommend the Hiller Aviation Museum (San Carlos, CA). "There are a few of airplane models in the exhibit for kids to sit in and manuver; the real boeing 7X7 in the back of the museum is good for kids hopping up and down; the play area has wooden kiddie airplanes for kids to play around, as well as papers and crayons for kids to draw."