In the all-electric EV Now mode, the accelerator only responds to the first one-third of pedal travel.

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Even though these graphics chips whip up close to 1 million polygons a second, they bog down in the data, which can travel only so fast between the graphics accelerator and the memory chips nearby.

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It is only a matter of time before the accelerator is also controlled automatically.

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Instead of being triggered by the brake pedal, it only kicks in when you lift off the accelerator.

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