Drive pedal unit for motor vehicles

The invention relates to a drive pedal unit for motor vehicles. A position change of the pedal plate, said change being brought about by a corresponding actuating force, with respect to the starting position of said pedal plate against a restoring force of a restoring spring leads to an increase of the drive force of the engine, and when the actuating force decreases, the restoring force of the restoring spring returns the pedal plate in the direction of the starting position thereof. An externally drivable electromechanical actuator is arranged such that an additional restoring force can be set onto the pedal plate. According to the invention, means (13, 15) are provided that produce a hysteresis of the pedal characteristic, said hysteresis being independent of the additional restoring force (FZusatz) of the electromechanical actuator. The means (13, 15) are designed as a friction element (13) and a friction surface (15) that interacts with the friction element (13). The friction surface (13) is connected to