Toyota has big surprises for those users who thought that an electric car is boring to drive.
What’s happening?
During the Toyota Technical Workshop 2023, the Japanese firm revealed that it will offer a manual transmission for electric cars from Toyota and Lexus. This will be available in the next generation of electric cars in 2026.
The president of the BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) Factory Takero Kato division said that their goal is to offer customers an experience that “surprises” them.
Currently Dodge and Abarth are already experimenting with fake engine sounds in their electric cars; However, Toyota’s system will be on another level. Well, the objective of the manual electric car from the Japanese firm will be to simulate the driving sensation of a combustion vehicle, which is absent in electric cars due to its silent operation.
Toyota vehicles They will come with a clutch pedal as a gear lever, it will work exactly like a manual transmission in a gasoline powered car. This means that the electric car will make all the sounds associated with revving the engine and changing gears, displaying power delivery and even stalling when the clutch is not being used correctly when starting.
According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, Toyota is currently studying how customers might respond with electric cars that can simulate the driving sensation of combustion cars, and how much they would be willing to pay for them. Hiroki Najajima, Toyota’s executive vice president, said the company will decide when manual transmission electric car technology can be commercialized.based on the results of this investigation.
The next generation of Toyota electric cars will use a new modular architecture and promises to offer a range of 1,000 km, with the renewed battery technology. It also expects to sell 3.5 million electrified models by 2030, of those 1.7 million will be battery-powered electric cars.
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