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Originally Posted by redpoint5
What do you call it? It's not a gas pedal because it burns oil. Oil pedal?
... and what people think is a gas pedal is the throttle which determines how much air the engine ingests, and in response, how much fuel to add.
... and what people think is the throttle these days is a pedal position sensor where the driver can suggest to the computer what power level they intend, and the computer decides both throttle opening and quantity of fuel to add.
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Accelerator pedal works for any ICE vehicle. Diesels don't use gas nor do they have a throttle body.
With EVs the right most pedal controls acceleration and braking.