display with HVAC or audio settings, as the head-up display doesn’t show navigation information. And forget about a physical volume knob: adjusting the sound level requires either tapping the steering wheel-mounted button, or tapping on a symbol on the touchscreen and sliding the desired decibel level accordingly.
a surprisingly mild throttle response with heavy application of the right pedal. Even when matted, the bulk of the power doesn’t seem to come on until some momentum — say, at around 40 mph or so — has built up. A bifurcated left paddle handlesregen settings, with the top half increasing regen and the lower half reducing it. The right paddle determines drive mode.
All factors considered, the suspension seems compliant-yet-controlled, taming the potential slop of a 5,555-pound SUV rather well. A slalom course on an airstrip in the 5,820-lb R model revealed good body control and solid transitional behavior at around 8/10ths, with palpable understeer when hustled into turn-in points. There’s definitely some observable heft to the Eletre when driven hard in Sport mode.