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?
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?
It doesn’t tho. An automatic can outshift a human anytime. For purists, they put in paddles.
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No one is using a manual in motorsports.
Define “motorsports”.
Time attack, drifting, autocross, and drag racers all have manuals used.
No drag racer ever used a powerglide? And would you really consider F1 cars to be manual?
They’re not all technically the same manual you have in a car. F1, for instance, shifts with buttons
I don’t care if you’re fucking max verstappen, you ain’t shifting faster than a Porsche or Ferrari DCT.
The gears in motorsport are manual where as the gears in EV are software.
Being able to choose when to shift is often more important than how quickly you shift. Paddle shifters require expensive transmissions or some software trickery.
At normal speeds gears do not make sense for a daily. At track speeds you’ll find most EVs, outside the 600+ bhp type models hit their top end. Having a second and third gear is helpful for that. Not shift speed.
Manual makes sense for people who are used to manuals. Like 95% of Europe. Driving an automatic is boring to me for example.