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Porsche Is Adding Fake Gear Shifts to Its EVs, 2027 Taycan Will Be First: Exclusive
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this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2025
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It if is a toggle feature, fine. But I kind of dont see the point. Like, I daily-drive stick shift but when I had automatic, the best fucking part was that it would speed up seamlessly and smoothly with a nice even motor sound. No jiggling, chugging or anything. Just a smooth easy ride. Why would anyone want stick shift in an automatic? Bemuses me.
Porsches are drivers' cars. They're mostly not about smoothness and "making sense to own".
They WERE drivers cars. Real Porsche clubs avoid the modern cars.
A toggle would be good.
Cars with automatic gears are more efficient than manual ones. I fear a fake manual gear system would decrease efficiency, so it may be best to disable it.
It doesn't decrease efficiency since it isn't a transmission! They probably just gradually reduce torque once you reach a certain speed in a given gear. The electric motor doesn't car about that.