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Toyota has built an EV with a fake transmission, and we’ve driven it
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2023
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Perhaps but this is a fake transmission. Basically an engine & manual transmission simulator.
I admire the execution and no doubt it is more fun than being without. It seems weird and impractical too. For now I have a car with a manual trans but maybe one day I will be glad for having such an option in an EV. Or maybe I will think it is silly. I'm kind of confused in the feelings department right now lol.
indeed, I don't feel like I'm contributing in any automatic but having a fake gear shifter would feel worse I suspect.