Why you do not like EV drivers

When you drive a typical gasoline powered vehicle you, no doubt, try not to accelerate too quickly or brake too hard in order to avoid wasting gas (never mind getting rear-ended or getting a speeding ticket). You probably also figure you're doing pretty good most of the time and your only real feedback is brake wear and gas mileage. 

Well, now you drive an EV. Now the big, bold instrument panel screams at you when you accelerate too quickly or brake too hard. In the Chevy volt, the little green ball with the swirling leaves disappears. It either jumps up and turns blue or sinks down--either way now you officially KNOW you're wasting those precious miles you just got by charging your car. And it's annoying. Because you want miles. You want to be the best EV driver you can be. Let's face it you're competitive and you want to show that little green ball who is boss. 

So you begin to accelerate more slowly, with less force. You look WAY ahead to anticipate when you might have to brake. You take your foot off the accelerator and coast as much as possible to save those precious miles. But non-EV drivers usually don't drive like that. It's not that they don't care about mileage--most do. It's that most non-EV don't offer such bold and immediate feedback as the Chevy volt does. So they are behind you at a traffic light and you are both stopped. Light turns green and you sloooowly accelerate, taking care to be as economical with your "fuel" as you can. And that driver behind you accelerates, only faster than you. They end up right on your bumper, staring at you in frustration. Eventually, they pass you and look over at you in a menacing tone. Only you don't notice because you're watching that ball, making sure it stays green.