Will the driving test have to change

gefnew

As above will the test have to change to for ev vehicles.

Keep_pedalling

You can already take a test in an EV, so I think the answer is no.

david29dpo

Why would it???

caprikid1

Whilst it does not need to change people need to remember they will only be getting a Category 8 license IE restricted to auto's so a bit restrictive.

gefnew

So if you have a ev test you would be unable to drive anything with a manual gear box .

marcia_

gefnew said:

So if you have a ev test you would be unable to drive anything with a manual gear box .

 Thats always been the case. You take your test in an auto you can only drive auto. Take it in a manual you can drive both 

Keep_pedalling

gefnew said:

So if you have a ev test you would be unable to drive anything with a manual gear box .

Correct but not really a problem if your intention is to drive EVs 

mjm3346

caprikid1 said:

Whilst it does not need to change people need to remember they will only be getting a Category 8 license IE restricted to auto's so a bit restrictive.

I think 2/3 of new cars are automatics and the proportion is only set to rise so it will become less and less of an issue

Martyn1981

Teeny concern I have, which may be irrelevant, I'm not sure, but it's about muscle memory and braking.

Having learn't many decades ago, and driven many manual cars, I like everyone else I suspect, naturally flicks the right foot to the brake when things get hairy fast. You don't think "I need to move my foot to the brake", you just do it.

But now I'm driving BEV's with good to excellent one-pedal driving. In fact driving a Tesla, I rarely need to use the brake pedal, it almost feels like a fail if I use the brake pedal. Other BEV's with smaller batteries, will need a bit more use of the brake, but still far less.

So ...... will someone learning in a big battery BEV with strong regen and solid one-pedal driving, develop that same natural response to using the brake ..... sorry, can't word this well, the natural need to get the right foot over to the brake pedal, without even thinking about it, developing an instinctive response IYSWIM?

Maybe I'm pondering, wondering and worrying over nothing?

1961Nick

Martyn1981 said:

Teeny concern I have, which may be irrelevant, I'm not sure, but it's about muscle memory and braking.

Having learn't many decades ago, and driven many manual cars, I like everyone else I suspect, naturally flicks the right foot to the brake when things get hairy fast. You don't think "I need to move my foot to the brake", you just do it.

But now I'm driving BEV's with good to excellent one-pedal driving. In fact driving a Tesla, I rarely need to use the brake pedal, it almost feels like a fail if I use the brake pedal. Other BEV's with smaller batteries, will need a bit more use of the brake, but still far less.

So ...... will someone learning in a big battery BEV with strong regen and solid one-pedal driving, develop that same natural response to using the brake ..... sorry, can't word this well, the natural need to get the right foot over to the brake pedal, without even thinking about it, developing an instinctive response IYSWIM?

Maybe I'm pondering, wondering and worrying over nothing?

I know exactly what you mean.

The driving skills I grew up with are disappearing faster than ever - left foot braking, double de-clutching, clutchless changes, heel-toe downshifts. 

Qyburn

Martyn1981 said:

Maybe I'm pondering, wondering and worrying over nothing?

I think it will be manageable, not really any different to going from manual to auto, where trying to press the clutch is likely to result in almost emergency braking.