Pressure plate assembly and vehicle

A pressure plate assembly for a motor vehicle comprising:

• a wear compensation mechanism including a sensor element for sensing wear, said sensor element comprising an angle lever;
• wherein said angle lever comprises a central area and lever arms pivotally mounted in said central area;
• wherein said angle lever further comprises an articulated portion and two curved portions proceeding therefrom forming said lever arms, and wherein said curved portions are arranged to extend in opposing directions;
• and
• additionally comprising a drive unit and at least one wear compensating element which is preloaded in a rotational wear-compensating direction and wherein said drive unit is constructed to displace said at least one wear-compensation element, responsive to movement of said angle lever, and wherein said sensor element is constructed to sense the distance between a pressure plate and a diaphragm spring.