Method for operating a motor vehicle and motor vehicle for carrying out the method

1. A method for guiding a motor vehicle ( 1 ), comprising:

guiding, in a first operating mode, the motor vehicle ( 1 ) in an automated manner by a driver assistance system ( 6 );

subsequently guiding, in a second operating mode, the motor vehicle ( 1 ) in a nonautomated fashion by a driver ( 2 ); and

transitioning from the first operating mode to the second operating mode by adjusting, by a pedal actuator ( 12 ), a gas pedal ( 10 ) of the motor vehicle ( 1 ) such that at a beginning of the second operating mode, the gas pedal ( 10 ) assumes a transfer pedal position that corresponds to the vehicle movement of the motor vehicle ( 1 ) at the end of the first operating mode,

wherein the first operating mode comprises a transfer phase that ends with the beginning of the second operating mode, and the method further comprises:

adjusting, during the transfer phase, by the pedal actuator ( 12 ), the gas pedal ( 10 ) from a pedal rest position to the transfer pedal position, the transfer pedal position, at any given point in time during the transfer phase, being the position the gas pedal ( 10 ) would have occupied if the motor vehicle would have been operated in the nonautomated fashion by the driver during the transfer phase.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

continuously adjusting, during the transfer phase, by the pedal actuator ( 12 ), the gas pedal ( 10 ) in accordance with the vehicle movement of the motor vehicle ( 1 ).

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

exerting, when the gas pedal ( 10 ) is free of pedal pressure, a pedal pressure on the gas pedal ( 10 ) to switch on the nonautomated guidance of the motor vehicle ( 1 ).

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

providing, at the beginning of the second operating mode, by the gas pedal ( 10 ), haptic signaling to the driver ( 2 ).

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

guiding, in a third operating mode that precedes the first operating mode, the motor vehicle ( 1 ) in nonautomated fashion by the driver ( 2 ); and

adjusting, by the pedal actuator ( 12 ), the gas pedal ( 10 ) to the pedal rest position at the beginning of the first operating mode.

6. A motor vehicle ( 1 ) comprising:

a driver assistance system ( 6 ) configured to provide automated guidance of the motor vehicle ( 1 ); and

a gas pedal ( 10 ) having:

a pedal actuator ( 12 ), and

an actuator controller ( 14 ) configured to actuate the pedal actuator ( 12 ),

wherein the gas pedal ( 10 ) is adjustable by the pedal actuator ( 12 ) independently of a driver ( 2 ) of the motor vehicle ( 1 ), the pedal actuator ( 12 ) being actuatable by the actuator controller ( 14 ),

wherein the driver assistance system ( 6 ) and the gas pedal ( 10 ) are configured to:

guide, in a first operating mode, the motor vehicle ( 1 ) in an automated manner by the driver assistance system ( 6 );

permit subsequent guiding, in a second operating mode, of the motor vehicle ( 1 ) in a nonautomated fashion by a driver ( 2 ); and

transition from the first operating mode to the second operating mode by adjusting, by the pedal actuator ( 12 ), the gas pedal ( 10 ) of the motor vehicle ( 1 ) such that at a beginning of the second operating mode, the gas pedal ( 10 ) assumes a transfer pedal position that corresponds to the vehicle movement of the motor vehicle ( 1 ) at the end of the first operating mode,

wherein the first operating mode comprises a transfer phase that ends with the beginning of the second operating mode, and wherein the driver assistance system ( 6 ) and the gas pedal ( 10 ) are further configured to:

adjust, during the transfer phase, by the pedal actuator ( 12 ), the gas pedal ( 10 ) from a pedal rest position to the transfer pedal position, the transfer pedal position, at any given point in time during the transfer phase, being the position the gas pedal ( 10 ) would have occupied if the motor vehicle would have been operated in the nonautomated fashion by the driver during the transfer phase.

7. The motor vehicle as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the pedal actuator ( 12 ) is drivable by an electric motor.