The device might be sensitive to the electromagnetic fields your car emits.

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 6:07 AM, Bill Dennis via EV <[email protected]>
wrote:

> My wife has been wearing a Fit Bit device, which tracks both the number of
> steps she takes and the number of floors she climbs daily.  An odd thing is
> happening though:  when I drive her home from work in my EV, a 1500-ft (450
> m) ascent, the device falsely gives her credit for about 7 floors climbed.
> Yet when we make the trip in one of our ICE cars, it registers no such
> floor-climbing credit.  My first thought is that maybe the stiffer
> suspension on the EV is causing more vibration and fooling the device into
> thinking that she's walking--does that sound plausible?  Or are there other
> possibilities anyone could think of?  We've already tried removing the
> device from her belt and putting it in her purse for the duration of the
> ride, but it still gives her the credit.  I mean, I know that my EV is
> great, but I don't think she's getting healthier just by riding in it.  :)
>
> Bill
>
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