New system is intended to offer greater involvement in EV sports cars – we drive it
I don't really see the point of this. It's just adding complexity for the sake of it. As far as I can tell when you change gear it just changes some software parameters, there are no physical gears. Yet there's a clutch and the ability to stall?
Being able to choose when to shift is often more important than how quickly you shift. Paddle shifters require expensive transmissions or some software trickery.
At normal speeds gears do not make sense for a daily. At track speeds you'll find most EVs, outside the 600+ bhp type models hit their top end. Having a second and third gear is helpful for that. Not shift speed.
Since it's all software, it would surprise me if it can't just be disabled when you're not in the mood for fun. I think that will make it a bit more appealing to the masses.
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.
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.