EV drivers love their cars, but some passengers feel sick - this could be why

EV drivers love their cars, but some passengers feel sick - this could be why Lola Baird, 24, from north London, asked her partner to pull over after forty minutes on a drive when nausea overwhelmed her and she vomited beside the vehicle. She had never experienced motion sickness before her partner bought an electric car two years ago; since then she feels “very nauseous” on longer trips. Lola is not the only passenger reporting discomfort. Others told BBC News that they or their children feel more car sick when riding in electric vehicles, even though many EV drivers say the issue has not affected them. Dr Irene Di Giulio, senior lecturer in anatomy and biomechanics at King’s College London, whose research includes motion sickness, notes that current evidence suggests some people experience worse motion sickness in electric cars than in conventional models. Dr Nicholas Hac, a neurologist at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago who specialises in dizziness and vertigo, has heard similar reports from patients. “They just notice that they're much more likely or prone to be motion sick” in electric vehicles, he says. “I've heard about it many, many, many times,” he adds, saying about two patients a week specifically mention