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CDA
July 18, 2023
Toyota is working on the development of a manual change for electric, so that the driver does not lose emotion behind the wheel.
Combining an electric sports car and a manual transmission is not usual these days, but Toyota has another opinion on this matter. and as proof a Toyota GR prototype equipped with this type of gearbox.
It will be through Toyota Gazoo Racing, the sports arm of the Japanese brand, which has given the first details of a model that “it will amplify the fun of driving” an electric car, because it plans to introduce the manual transmission and all the necessary engine noises in its latest high-performance electric sports car
Fun behind the wheel and more sensations
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Akio Toyoda, the current Chairman and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation, said a few days ago on the stage of the 24 Hours of Le Mans that he had had the opportunity to test drive a battery electric vehicle that Gazoo Racing is working on. The big difference of the electric east “is that you can hear the sound, the noise of the engine. You just won’t be able to smell the gasoline.”. And, in addition, it will also have a gear change.
Toyoda announced that the new electric GR model “has a manual transmission. There are also clutches». The goal is to create a high-performance car with zero emissions, with all the sound and tactile sensations of a gasoline car.
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Toyota recently announced that it will introduce manual transmission to its electric cars, and one example of where it is already doing so is a Lexus concept car. Toyota’s luxury car division put up a simulated manual transmission in the Lexus UX 300ewith a simulated gear lever and clutch, giving the driver all the benefits of an electric, but with typical manual gear features, such as the possibility of stalling.
And how does a manual transmission work in an electric car? Everything is based on softwarewhich increases electrical torque output depending on the “gear” the car is in, with simulated sounds added.
