Vehicular door handle assembly

A vehicular exterior door handle assembly, the vehicular exterior door handle assembly comprising:

• a base portion configured to mount the vehicular exterior door handle assembly at a door of a vehicle;
• a handle portion movable relative to the base portion;
• wherein the handle portion comprises a grasping portion that defines a discrete movement when the grasping portion pivots relative to the base portion about a pivot axis, and wherein the grasping portion, with the vehicular exterior door handle assembly mounted at the door of the vehicle, is graspable by a user and manually pivotable about the pivot axis to open the door of the vehicle;
• wherein the handle portion comprises a slidable portion that defines another discrete movement when the slidable portion slides relative to the base portion, and wherein, when the grasping portion pivots relative to the base portion, the grasping portion also pivots relative to the slidable portion, and wherein, with the vehicular exterior door handle assembly mounted at the door of the vehicle, the slidable portion and the grasping portion are movable together and in tandem relative to the base portion;
• an electronic sensing device configured to detect discrete movements of the handle portion relative to the base portion;
• wherein, based on the electronic sensing device detecting an opening movement, an electronic switch coupled to a latch mechanism of the door is actuated, and wherein the detected opening movement comprises two or more predetermined discrete movements of the handle portion relative to the base portion;
• wherein a control module comprising electronic circuitry is disposed remote from the vehicular exterior door handle assembly, and wherein, with the vehicular exterior door handle assembly mounted at the door of the vehicle, the control module controls actuation of the electronic switch based on the electronic sensing device detecting the opening movement;
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• wherein, with the vehicular exterior door handle assembly mounted at the door of the vehicle and when the electronic switch is actuated, the electronic switch actuates the latch mechanism of the door to open the door.