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EVs are taking over the rest of the world much faster than the US (electrek.co)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think they tried to do something like that in some Japanese brand. That said, they are not really autos, they are direct drive, there is no transmission to speak of. It's like expecting a stick shift in a propeller plane, no point to it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Toyota's been toying with the idea of a simulated standard transmission. You're totally right about them not really being autos either. I understand that there's really no way for a EV to have a manual transmission, but that's pretty much where the "sport" comes from, "slow car fast" and all that. Otherwise it's pretty much just a numbers game, no real skill required.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I believe the Porsche Taycan (sp?) has two gears. The second one kicks in at something silly like 80mph.