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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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What you describe is the behavior of KIA EVs.
Nice! Are they fun to drive?
The EV6 is quite snappy. Enough to get you car sick, not enough to start making money on the quarter mile.
There are a few design decisions that run me the wrong way. You can't "paddle shift" if you're on cruise control, or braking.
The way the shift works is also weird to me. On level 0, there's no deceleration, and the sensitivity for acceleration is highest. On level 4 you have one pedal drive, with highest sensitivity for braking and slowest acceleration. So if you want to drive your grandma, you have to deal with an over eager breaking action when you release the pedal.
I'd much rather have a "sensitivity shift". 0 would be for mellow driving, low acceleration and low deceleration. 4 would be for aggressive driving, high acceleration and high braking.
There's also a myriad of bells and whistles, but thankfully they are configurable. However, the configuration menus make no sense to me. I used to drive Hondas and the adaptation is a process.
I'd say go for a test drive. I'm happy with mine.