One of the first things that hits you about the EV experience is its relative smoothness, compared to internal-combustion cars, with their vibrations and noise. You might assume that these attributes would make EVs more comfortable for those who tend to get carsick, but research has found that the opposite is in fact true. Electric vehicles can exacerbate sensations of motion sickness in passengers, and science tells us why.
It’s more or less the same reason why you never hear about drivers getting carsick. If you’re driving a car, you know how the vehicle is about to react as you manipulate the gas, brakes, and steering. Your passengers don’t, though—they can only guess. And that mismatch in expectation versus physical reality gets to the root of what causes motion sickness.
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