ERD50
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But even w/o a mechanical linkage, it is the travel of the pedal that is sensed and then fed into the system.I think the idea of how much travel on the gas pedal is out of date. most cars now do not even have mechanical linkage[correct me if I am wrong}, but i think most acceleration comes from senors and the amount of gas feed depends on the amount of signal the sensor puts out instead of travel distance.
If they aren't measuring the pedal travel, how do you (the driver) tell the car go faster or slower, or accelerate fast/slow?
W/O a mechanical linkage, they can use software to define the curve between pedal position and throttle position. So they could make it less sensitive at the low end if that helps. Anything really.
-ERD50