In a conventional ICE car, the accelerator pedal is commonly called the "gas pedal" (at least in the USA).
This is obviously inappropriate for the Tesla Roadster, so I think we should call it the "Torque Pedal".
I thought to just call it the accelerator pedal, but in the Roadster it can also cause deceleration when you let off due to regen.
In the Roadster, the pedal apparently sends a motor torque request to the PEM. The torque request goes from negative (for regen) to positive depending on pedal position.
(If the eMotor is above a certain RPM the PEM may restrict how much torque it actually asks the motor to make to make sure the eMotor stays happy)
This is obviously inappropriate for the Tesla Roadster, so I think we should call it the "Torque Pedal".
I thought to just call it the accelerator pedal, but in the Roadster it can also cause deceleration when you let off due to regen.
In the Roadster, the pedal apparently sends a motor torque request to the PEM. The torque request goes from negative (for regen) to positive depending on pedal position.
(If the eMotor is above a certain RPM the PEM may restrict how much torque it actually asks the motor to make to make sure the eMotor stays happy)