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Ford Patents A Manual Gear Shifter For EVs (insideevs.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

@Sunshine This seems to be very close to what Hyundai does in the Ioniq 5N, just using a stick instead of paddles. I don't know if that difference will be enough to warrant a patent, but time will tell.

As for the feature itself - yeah, it seems stupid and pointless, but every single review I have seen of the 5N acknowledges the stupidity but also concludes (usually with a huge grin on the reviewers face) that it makes the car an absolute blast to drive.

Will this be a thing in 20 years? Most likely not. Could it be the gateway drug for petrolheads? Yeah, looks like it.