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Toyota to offer manual gearbox in next-generation electric cars (www.autocar.co.uk)
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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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[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Kawasaki recently launched some entry level electric Ninjas, but they're complete garbage for the price. $8000 for a bike with 10hp, 55mph top speed, and 55 miles of range. That should've been $4000 or less.

Just get a $3500 Grom with the same power and speed but also the fun of a mini-bike or a $6000 Ninja 400 with 5x the power and still 55mpg.

Kawasaki also just announced a hybrid Ninja motorcycle that actually looks really intriguing, but we don't know the price yet.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Wow yeah that is garbage.

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