Motive power unit e.g. gasoline engine, controlling device for motor vehicle, has unit determining position of lever and redundancy with respect to accelerator pedal, and selection unit selecting pedal or lever according to control variable

摘要

The device has a determination unit for determining a position of an accelerator pedal (15) connected to the device. A determination unit (10) determines the position of a control lever (20) connected to the device and redundancy with respect to the accelerator pedal. A selection unit selects the accelerator pedal or the control lever according to a control variable. An independent claim is also included for a motive power unit of a vehicle.