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

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A lot of the features listed in the article (written by an AI?) sound corny. This is probably a thing for managers and executive level luxurybros, like the upper level EV market.

The idea of giving the driver more control like this in an EV so it's more fun is good though. They just feel so fkn heavy and like you're driving a computer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Will also give the car enthusiasts who like drifting an option to lock in "gear" so that's a plus

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah exactly and just "spirited driving" in general, a Miata or Civic equivalent of EVs is what's needed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

My ideal EV would look and drive like a 1989 VW GTI.

But apparently the best car companies can do is a chubby SUV looking thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You could convert your own?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

If I had the time, money, and skill, definitely.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, there's been a few comments from car execs that small cars don't make sense in the context of EVs. As you can get the footprint down to hatch size but it's going to be way heavier than expected due to the battery and probably ride a bit higher to fit the battery skateboard

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

EVs will kill the hot hatch and that makes me very sad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's already kind of dead in NA with some holdouts, the "crossover" mostly took over. Honda discontinuing the Fit here but introducing the HRV on the Fit platform is a perfect indicator of the overall trend.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Honda discontinuing the Fit here

I hadn't heard this until now, and now I'm sad. The Fit was a great little car. Guess I better get one while they're cheap.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

you gonna make the ford hoes mad

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I agree 100% that my EV felt like driving a computer, which itself was driving the car.

Weird thing is I liked it. It was like driving a really good computer, that drove my car really well.

I can understand why people hate it. It's deeply strange how certain kinds of normal car feedback is missing.

Speculating a bit, I doubt that retrofitting a manual transmission will help with that strangeness.

But I bet it'll be a hit with folks like me who don't mind it, and also loved manual transmission cars.

I feel like I'm a very niche audience though. Most people who I have met who love a manual transmission hated the way my EV drove.