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Porsche Is Adding Fake Gear Shifts to Its EVs, 2027 Taycan Will Be First: Exclusive
(www.thedrive.com)
I drive an ancient (2012) EV.
I'm content with a stick shift, but the functions I want are:
- reverse
- neutral (coast without regen, allow car to be towed, only mechanical brakes)
- regenerative brake level 1
- level 2
- level 3
...and that's all, and I have them. I don't need acceleration performance to change, much safer to have it always consistent. It's the default braking performance I need to alter, because sometimes you go downhill and sometimes it's icy.
They're electronic, no mechanical pushrods needed, but my car's manufacturer, in the dark dawn of electric vehicles, could not understand that and used mechanical pushrods. :D
A function that is mechanical and which I would like to remove from my car's gear stick and place under a separate switch is the "gear lock" function. It's like a parking brake without engaging brake pads. It's useful, but having it under the stick creates a nozero possibility of engaging it in motion - it shouldn't be there, but under a protective cover or protective circuit, elsewhere.