PolishPilot
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More and more PHEV use haptic feedback on gas pedal to mark the point, when the ICE is going to turn on in the pure EV mode.
IMHO very useful function, helping you to adjust your driving style to your environment awareness.
Here the example from new Porsche Panamera:
When the battery is charged, the vehicle is in E-Power Mode, and will try to maximize all-electric driving. The accelerator pedal includes a “pressure point” that allows the driver to feel the extent of the electric capabilities. “When you’re in E-Power Mode and you push the pedal, it’s going to get to a point where it’s harder to push,” said Warnke. “Kickdown, we call it – like a kickdown on an old automatic transmission. You know if you push the pedal harder through that point, it will turn the engine on.” It’s what engineers call haptic feedback, or tactile feedback technology, that takes advantage of our sense of touch in the user interface. There is also a meter in the gauge cluster that indicates the electric power usage, but the kickdown switch allows the driver to optimize the electric capabilities without looking at the meters.
E-power button.
Source: http://chargedevs.com/features/2014-porsche-panamera-s-e-hybrid-where-will-it-fit-into-the-market/
IMHO very useful function, helping you to adjust your driving style to your environment awareness.
Here the example from new Porsche Panamera:
When the battery is charged, the vehicle is in E-Power Mode, and will try to maximize all-electric driving. The accelerator pedal includes a “pressure point” that allows the driver to feel the extent of the electric capabilities. “When you’re in E-Power Mode and you push the pedal, it’s going to get to a point where it’s harder to push,” said Warnke. “Kickdown, we call it – like a kickdown on an old automatic transmission. You know if you push the pedal harder through that point, it will turn the engine on.” It’s what engineers call haptic feedback, or tactile feedback technology, that takes advantage of our sense of touch in the user interface. There is also a meter in the gauge cluster that indicates the electric power usage, but the kickdown switch allows the driver to optimize the electric capabilities without looking at the meters.
E-power button.
Source: http://chargedevs.com/features/2014-porsche-panamera-s-e-hybrid-where-will-it-fit-into-the-market/
