New York CNN —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.
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.
If the drivers don’t feel like using the fake manual transmission, they don’t have to.
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