I know in the country I live in if you do your driving test with automatic then your license is only valid for an automatic. This law should probably be changed imo, but I can see it causing people to be hesitant to go in on an ev if it means they will likely only be able to drive it. For people who already have a license, it obviously isn't an issue if they are just getting a new car, but they are also looking at young first time buyers and new drivers.
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Still makes sense for the sports cars. But very few people on the planet want a manual EV daily. This will fail on commuter cars.
It makes no sense for EV sports cars. Manuals on ICE cars make sense because being able to chose exactly when the car shifts is important and because sequential shift and dual clutch transmissions are extremely expensive.
It absolutely makes sense.
How so? Would you mind explaining your reasoning because I honestly can't think of a good reason to put fake stick shifts in EVs. From my point of view it's the automotive equivalent of putting subway suffers clips on the bottom half of a tiktok.
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