I’m never going to go test drive Electric Vehicles

[Roert42]

MSN

Here you go, and electric Toyota with a make believe computer game manual transmission.

 

[Roert42]

I like most of the article is someone describing a manual transmission.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

MSN

Here you go, and electric Toyota with a make believe computer game manual transmission.

I was having a good morning.

Then I read this.

Thanks.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

MSN

Here you go, and electric Toyota with a make believe computer game manual transmission.

I cant read the article..i dont have the CNN app...but that sounds like one of the absolute dumbest things ive ever heard. Right up there with dodges fake engine noise on the EV chargers.

Instead of making cheap knockoffs of the gas car experence how about just continueing to build the real thing.

 

[Roert42]

I didn’t need an app to look at, I’ll share some bits.


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For those who find electric cars a bit boring, Toyota engineers are working on a realistic-feeling fake manual transmission as a possible feature.

To be clear, a manual transmission on an electric car would serve absolutely no purpose. It would be just for fun, an add-on for people who like shifting gears in their gasoline-powered cars.
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[Roert42]

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n Toyota’s case, according to a patent application filed in the United States in late May, the car would have no actual multi-speed transmission. Instead, a shifter would be connected to sensors and a central computer programmed to mimic the feel of a car with a manual transmission. Since not all cars with manual transmissions are the same – they have different engines and different transmissions with different numbers of gears – the central computer would be programmed to imitate a specific sort of manual transmission car. To complete the experience, the driver will have a clutch pedal in addition to the usual brake and accelerator.

Drivers will even be able to “downshift,” a process also known as engine braking. That’s when the driver selects a lower gear and releases the clutch pedal without pressing the gas pedal at all. Then, the friction of the unpowered engine slows the car without the driver having to use the brakes.

Toyota’s virtual manual transmission includes programming that will allow drivers to realistically experience using it badly, up to a point. If the driver doesn’t “give it enough gas” or selects the wrong gear the car will shake and buck, just like a gas-powered manual transmission car would. The car’s computer will limit how far the shaking will go to avoid stress on the battery.

If the drivers don’t feel like using the fake manual transmission, they don’t have to. The car would have two driving modes, a regular EV mode and the faux-manual mode.

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[Roert42]

And of course.

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Some reports on the technology have said there will also be fake engine sounds to go along with all the shifting and accelerating action, although the patent application doesn’t mention it.
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[Blmpkn]

I don't see how a manual wouldn't make a difference with an ev..

Running an RC car wide open is gonna kill its battery way quicker than just putting around with it.. why the difference?

 

[Eddo Rogue]

I would rather pull down my pants and run backwards through a corn field than do something even more painful and pointless like drive that car, or click that link...

I did already stumble upon and read the article (google feed). Doing some pre run stretching now.

 

[Eddo Rogue]

I don't see how a manual wouldn't make a difference with an ev..

Running an RC car wide open is gonna kill its battery way quicker than just putting around with it.. why the difference?

See my previous post re: experience borrowing my buddys S Plaid.

Pretend there is an egg under your foot and a charge will last forever...

Sport mode and fully using the 1.3 sec 0-60 drains the battery quick....as do cheetah mode drag runs.

Kinda like a ICE w/ the MPG's, except more like a modern flashlight running on 18650's

Batteries dont last very long at full lumens, stays on for days on lowest setting....

 

[Ranger850]

I just read 9 pages of this thread and NOT A SINGLE EV REVUE. WTAF

 

[Blmpkn]

Batteries dont last very long at full lumens, stays on for days on lowest setting....

This is kinda my point.. instead of a single "gear" and needing to spin its motor/s at 15k rpm or whatever they spin to do 70mph.. why wouldn't the addition of more gears to bring cruising rpm down help?

 

[Roert42]

This is kinda my point.. instead of a single "gear" and needing to spin its motor/s at 15k rpm or whatever they spin to do 70mph.. why wouldn't the addition of more gears to bring cruising rpm down help?

I suspect the added weight and parasitic drag from the driveline components would reduce the efficiency enough to make it a moot point. Plus you can use multiple smaller motors instead of one larger one reducing the needed HP since the motor can be effectively hooked directly to a wheel.

Just a guess.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

I just read 9 pages of this thread and NOT A SINGLE EV REVUE. WTAF

I hit the throttle.

It went "bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"

The end

 

[Eddo Rogue]

This is kinda my point.. instead of a single "gear" and needing to spin its motor/s at 15k rpm or whatever they spin to do 70mph.. why wouldn't the addition of more gears to bring cruising rpm down help?

Theres a show called vintage voltage where they convert old cars to EV's using kits. They just bolt it to the transmission with custom adapter plate...and mentioned they just leave in 2nd gear to drive.