I think it's a drive-by-wire system so the accelerator pedal isn't physically hooked up to the throttle body. The computer controls everything and it wouldn't matter how much your pressing the pedal if the computer doesn't open up the throttle.

 

Does it also work on the way up the gears if you are accelerating? Sometimes, if you're sloppy you can loose too many revs and the car then bogs a bit before you get onto the throttle again.

I think it will be strange at first not to blip, but I think we'll get used to it.

 

Yes, according to the owner's manual that's floating around the 'net.

Essentially, you can powershift without ever letting off the accelerator pedal since the computer controls all that stuff for you. I wonder how the computer will be calibrated, though. If it's too soft to preserve the tranmission and driveline components, then you'd lose the performance benefits. Imagine this system with an ultra-light flywheel...mmmm...

 

So its sorta similar to the system on the Chevy Cobalt ?