{"id":1198199,"date":"2023-10-31T08:57:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T12:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1198199"},"modified":"2023-10-31T08:57:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T12:57:36","slug":"toyota-has-built-an-ev-with-a-fake-transmission-and-weve-driven-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1198199","title":{"rendered":"Toyota has built an EV with a fake transmission, and we\u2019ve driven it"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Z8S_9029-800x533-1.jpg\" alt=\"A man's hand operates the gear lever in a Lexus EV\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Z8S_9029-scaled.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"1707\" data-width=\"2560\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> The Lexus UX300e is an electric crossover available in Europe, China, and Japan, but not usually with three pedals or a gear lever. (credit: Toyota)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"pullbox sidebar fullwidth\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toyota provided flights from Newark, NJ, to Tokyo, Japan, and five nights in a hotel so we could attend the Japan Mobility Show plus subsequent briefings and test drives. Ars does not accept paid editorial content.<\/span><\/aside>\n<p>Electric cars do a lot of things well. They&#8217;re smooth. They&#8217;re quiet. They&#8217;re easier on the environment, and they&#8217;re even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/motoring\/news\/104016920\/driving-an-ev-makes-you-less-stressed-more-focused\">scientifically proven to be less stressful<\/a>. But what they don&#8217;t tend to be is engaging, at least not in the way that <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/cars\/2023\/02\/the-final-shift-which-manual-transmission-will-be-the-last\/\">a traditional car with three pedals and a stick shift<\/a> is.<\/p>\n<p>A manual car requires a lot more of the driver. That level of forced engagement brings with it a sort of focus that can make the simple act of driving a lot more fun. In an ideal world, it would be possible to layer that kind of engagement on top of the otherwise ideal EV experience.<\/p>\n<p>That is exactly what Toyota has done with what it calls the &#8220;Manual BEV concept.&#8221; Think of it as an EV that brings all the hands-on enjoyment of a manual transmission\u2014despite lacking a manual transmission. It&#8217;s something of a testbed to find ways to bring more fundamental driver enjoyment to the next generation of battery-powered electric vehicles, and after running a few laps around Toyota&#8217;s test track in one, I&#8217;m convinced every sports-oriented EV in the future needs this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1980015#p3\">Read 21 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1980015&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1980015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toyota has built an EV with a fake transmission, and we\u2019ve driven it<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ The Lexus UX300e is an electric crossover available in Europe, China, and Japan, but not usually with three pedals or a gear lever. 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