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Toyota to offer manual gearbox in next-generation electric cars (www.autocar.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by i_am_not_a_robot to c/evs

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I don't really see the point of this. It's just adding complexity for the sake of it. As far as I can tell when you change gear it just changes some software parameters, there are no physical gears. Yet there's a clutch and the ability to stall?

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[–] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At normal speeds gears do not make sense for a daily. At track speeds you'll find most EVs, outside the 600+ bhp type models hit their top end. Having a second and third gear is helpful for that. Not shift speed.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Manual makes sense for people who are used to manuals. Like 95% of Europe. Driving an automatic is boring to me for example.