New "ECO" pedal for Nissan in 2009

[joe_g]

Originally Posted by Rybold

Actually, all cars with automatic transmissions already have feedback against the pedal.

Sorry, you're 0 for 3 on my "automatic" cars.

Obviously there's the Prius, which the pedal is a computer input, hence my quote on the automatic since you might say that the car isn't an automatic.

Then there is my F350 diesel.* Also fly by wire on the throttle. There isn't a throttle plate on a diesel, and the injectors are computer controlled. The transmission is shifted by solenoids operated by the computer. The cruse control is only a subroutine in the computer, and the pedal comes all the way up when the cruse control is engaged. It was interesting to get used to the lack of pedal feedback found with most cruse controls.

Finally, there is my wife's Dodge Caravan. The throttle cable actuates a throttle plate. The throttle position is a computer input, and the computer controls the fuel injection in addition to the transmission gear via solenoid valves.


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*PS: before you flame me on the F350, not it's sitting parked at home, and I commuted to work in a Prius IN A CARPOOL....