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Porsche Is Adding Fake Gear Shifts to Its EVs, 2027 Taycan Will Be First: Exclusive
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This is pretty unsurprising considering it’s exactly on par with how most (all?) CVT vehicles have been programmed with fake gear shifts for years (decades?)
It's surprising to me as almost all electric vehicles have a fixed gear ratio between the motor and the wheels. It's essentially a single speed transmission. A CVT can modify the gear ratio on the fly so it can fake a gear shift if it wants to. But with a single gear ratio what are you going to do, blip the power so you get a bit of a lurch and play fake engine noises through the speakers?
It’s essential the same. Ideally CVTs operate at a fixed ratio. That ratio can be adjusted for optimum power or optimum efficiency. But consumers rejected those idealized ratios in favor of less efficient dynamic ratios.
In both cases consumers are rejecting objectively better performance in favor of a familiar feeling/sounding option.