[garyd9]

So, I'm at a loss as to what to call the right side pedal.

I used to call it a gas pedal, but that doesn't make sense in an EV. I've seen some call it a throttle, but while it does have an electronic linkage to a throttle body in a ICE car, there's no such thing in an EV. I also don't think "accelerator (pedal)" works, because I use the same pedal to slow down in 1 pedal mode. I've seen some here call it a "go pedal", but that doesn't work for the same reason that "accelerator" doesn't.

So far, the best I've come up with is the "NotGas" pedal, but labeling something by describing what it isn't seems wrong. It's also a "NotVolume" pedal, a "NotHorn" pedal, etc.

What is it called? A "battery pedal"?

 

[Louis Chevrolet]

The throttle is the part that throttles electricity from the battery to the motor. The pedal you speak of is part of the throttle assembly. I am fine calling my right pedal, the "throttle" (as opposed to NotGas, wow!).

Since most of us do one pedal driving, go pedal is just wrong. Along that same line, accelerator seems like a fine alternative to throttle because the pedal controls both positive and negative acceleration.

 

[XJ12]

Controls the acceleration. Positive, zero, and negative acceleration. See nothing wrong with calling it the accelerator.

 

[ARob]

The Bolt has two pedals, they are:

Go Fast
Go Slow

And the Go Fast pedal can be used for both.

 

[Sequimbay]

According to the GM 2023 Bolt owner's manual:
"One-Pedal Driving
With One-Pedal Driving, the accelerator
pedal is used to control the deceleration of
the vehicle to a complete stop.
Completely lifting off the accelerator pedal
results in aggressive deceleration. Partially
lifting off the accelerator pedal allows the
deceleration of the vehicle to be adjusted as
desired."
So they call it an accelerator pedal.
But we all know it really is a variable resistor lever, otherwise known as a compound potentiometer.
I like the phrase "Warp Speed Lever".

 

[garyd9]

But we all know it really is a variable resistor lever, otherwise known as a compound potentiometer.

I wonder if it really is just a potentiometer. I'm also now wondering if the "brake pedal" should also be called something else. Maybe a "regen pedal with a fallback to brakes."

 

[OkieBolt]

Technically both pedals are the Accelerator.

There is no such thing as deceleration. There is only positive or negative acceleration. But most people can't grasp that concept so fake words are invented.

I vote for the Electron Pedal. As that is clearly the right pedal. It either uses or creates electrons and brake clearly indicates what the other one is for.

 

[garyd9]

I vote for the Electron Pedal. As that is clearly the right pedal. It either uses or creates electrons and brake clearly indicates what the other one is for.

In that case, both pedals are electron pedals. The pedal commonly called the "brake" pedal also does regen before applying friction brakes...

I guess I'm somewhat old-school from when the left pedal directly connected to the brakes and the right pedal directly connected to the throttle.

It's kind of comical how a modern car trying to simulate the controls of a former generation machine can cause confusion. I wonder how much money EV car makers could save if they abandoned old-school control schemes and just made the controls appropriate for the machine. In that case, the left pedal would be 100% friction brakes and the right pedal would be 100% power or regen.

 

[Voldar]

I always called it "acceleration pedal" and "brake pedal"

 

[Pepperoni]

I like the old term “foot feed”!

 

[OkieBolt]

It's kind of comical how a modern car trying to simulate the controls of a former generation machine can cause confusion

You mean like using the icon of a Floppy Disk for Save when most people using the computer have never seen a floppy disk.

 

[garyd9]

You mean like using the icon of a Floppy Disk for Save when most people using the computer have never seen a floppy disk.

Exactly! At least they usually use an image of a 3 1/2" disk instead of the older 5 1/4 or 8" disks.

One thing I was very happy about with the EUV was that it has a real dial for the radio volume. It's nice to be able to actually "turn down" the volume again.

 

[OkieBolt]

Exactly! At least they usually use an image of a 3 1/2" disk instead of the older 5 1/4 or 8" disks.

One thing I was very happy about with the EUV was that it has a real dial for the radio volume. It's nice to be able to actually "turn down" the volume again.

Except it puts up a display of the volume level that consumes 1/4 of the screen preventing use of other functions until the time delay elapses. Why do you need a visual display of the volume if you are using a GD knob to change the volume. There is soooo much Sh1t put into systems because it "looks" cool but serves no other function and in general makes the product worse.

 

[redpoint5]

So, I'm at a loss as to what to call the right side pedal.

I used to call it a gas pedal, but that doesn't make sense in an EV. I've seen some call it a throttle, but while it does have an electronic linkage to a throttle body in a ICE car, there's no such thing in an EV.

Must have an engineering mind like mine, since I've wasted time thinking about this. Throttle really doesn't make complete sense in modern ICE either since it's all drive by wire. The pedal position is read by a potentiometer, and that "suggests" to the ECU how much power is called for, and it decides the throttle opening and fuel rate. More of a power request pedal.

As others mentioned, acceleration is any change in speed or direction. Going around a corner is acceleration even if the same speed is maintained. Strangely, we don't call the steering wheel an accelerator.

 

[garyd9]

Except it puts up a display of the volume level that consumes 1/4 of the screen preventing use of other functions until the time delay elapses. Why do you need a visual display of the volume if you are using a GD knob to change the volume. There is soooo much Sh1t put into systems because it "looks" cool but serves no other function and in general makes the product worse.

That's okay... I still haven't decided what to leave displayed in that lower half of the speedometer area. Tire pressure? The tripmeter + mi/kWh display? Or maybe that driver assistant thing that I'm not sure what actually displays (what is ">2.5s"? >2.5 seconds until I smash into the car in front of me?) There's some navigation related possible things there, but without the car's built in nav package, I don't think it'll ever display anything useful.

 

[garyd9]

Must have an engineering mind like mine, since I've wasted time thinking about this. Throttle really doesn't make complete sense in modern ICE either since it's all drive by wire. The pedal position is read by a potentiometer, and that "suggests" to the ECU how much power is called for, and it decides the throttle opening and fuel rate. More of a power request pedal.

I think I'm going to stick with the "NotGas" pedal for two reasons: First, it gives it some relation to the "gas pedal" ICE cars have, and second to distinguish it from the "gas pedal" that ICE cars have.

Otherwise, I'll have to use "the acceleration/regeneration/power control pedal." (Using the common meaning of acceleration instead of the technically correct one.)

I'm so glad GM didn't try to simulate a clutch in these cars.

 

[jmcbrew]

Controls the acceleration. Positive, zero, and negative acceleration. See nothing wrong with calling it the accelerator.

This. Same discussion decades ago with diesels -- not a "gas" pedal and not a "throttle."

However, there were a lot of people who called it a "go pedal."

 

[mrcleop]

I like how VW does it on the ID.4 pedals. Play and Pause.

 

[Jerry Duke]

When all else fails, GOOGLE!!

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[garyd9]

I like how VW does it on the ID.4 pedals. Play and Pause.

I like that. I wonder if I can get pedal covers with 'play' and 'pause' icons on them.