Mexican Media Brands
Nissan Touts Integrated Brake/Accelerator “e-Pedal” in New Leaf EV
Nissan Motor Co. says its next-generation Leaf electric car that launches this autumn will have an integrated e-Pedal system that allows drivers to control vehicle speed and come to a complete stop—in most situations—with a single foot pedal.
#hybrid
Share
Nissan Motor Co. says its next-generation Leaf electric car that launches this autumn will have an integrated e-Pedal system that allows drivers to control vehicle speed and come to a complete stop in most situations with a single foot pedal.
Drivers can use the system, which is activated via a dashboard switch, on its own without touching the brake pedal in 90% of their driving, according to the carmaker. This includes hilly terrain and stop-and-go city driving, Nissan says. The car's conventional brake pedal is needed only for aggressive braking situations.
A few other electric vehicles—such as the BMW i3, Hyundai Ioniq Electric and Volkswagen e-Golf—use high levels of regenerative braking to allow for one-pedal driving in some situations. But Nissan says the ePedal is the only system that can bring a vehicle to a complete stop by completely stepping off the accelerator.
RELATED CONTENT
-
On Military Trucks, Euro Car Sales, Mazda Drops and More
Did you know Mack is making military dump trucks from commercial vehicles or that Ford tied with Daimler in Euro vehicle sales or the Mazda6 is soon to be a thing of the past or Alexa can be more readily integrated or about Honda’s new EV strategy? All that and more are found here.
-
Aluminum Sheet for EV Battery Enclosure
As the number of electric vehicles (EVs) is about to increase almost exponentially, aluminum supplier Novelis is preparing to provide customers with protective solutions
-
Chevy Develops eCOPO Camaro: The Fast and the Electric
The notion that electric vehicles were the sort of thing that well-meaning professors who wear tweed jackets with elbow patches drove in order to help save the environment was pretty much annihilated when Tesla added the Ludicrous+ mode to the Model S which propelled the vehicle from 0 to 60 mph in less than 3 seconds.