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Toyota has built an EV with a fake transmission, and we’ve driven it (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by rikonium@discuss.tchncs.de to c/cars@lemmy.world

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It sounds bizarre but I want to try it.

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[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 39 points 1 year ago (3 children)

In 20 years or less this will sound as stupid as if some "innovator" of the early automobile days had added a galloping motion to car seats or a lever you could pull to dump fake manure in the middle of the road.

Look, I really enjoy driving a car with a manual transmission, and I will probably own one until they are as expensive to own as a horse is currenrly. But I can't for the life of me imagine why someone would take a system that has none of the disadvantages of a manual transmission system, and... add them back in a completely superficial way for some reason.

[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I've driven manual transmissions my whole life and recently got a leaf, there's no reason to add all this crap to it to make it more fun. It's the most responsive car I've ever driven and I mostly drive it in "less fun mode"

I could see having a "transmission" in something like a rivian, but more as something for off-roading or carrying heavy loads to give you more control of your speed and rather than mimicking a sports car.

[–] Igloojoe@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Can I get the "fake" manure feature on my current car? The ability to have my car take a shit would be hilarious!