MeefusMcBeefus@lemmy.sdf.orgtoCars - For Car Enthusiasts@lemmy.world•Toyota has built an EV with a fake transmission, and we’ve driven itEnglish
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1 year agoThis is completely unsurprising to me. It is just like how focus groups wanted “gear shifts” on CVTs because the more efficient steady RPM was disconcerting to them. Yes it feels like delaying the inevitable but sometimes the general public needs to be gently transitioned (yes I know all of this is refuted by the success of gearbox-less EVs).
This feels like the cards just gave him away.