Joining the electric vehicle market quite late, Toyota is looking to create a difference for its future products with the idea of equipping manual transmission on electric cars.
Patent images registered by Toyota in Japan show that the company’s manual transmission for electric cars can have up to 14 gears. According to Toyota, the manual transmission on its electric cars will simulate the entire operation of using this type of transmission on conventional petrol/diesel cars. This means that users will still have to step on the clutch to shift gears and the car will turn off if the operation is not suitable for the speed. In essence, this manual transmission will still be an electronic transmission simulated to operate like a manual transmission used in internal combustion engine vehicles.
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Normally, conventional cars with internal combustion engines have a maximum of 7 manual gears. The reason is that any higher gears would be meaningless. However, with a simulated transmission, Toyota has no difficulty in programming 14 gears for this feature.
An outstanding advantage is the ability to “program” a manual transmission for an electric vehicle to simulate the driving feel of any other petrol car on the market. For example, when the user wants their electric car to have the driving feeling of a Toyota RAV4, the software will analyze the powertrain to simulate the operating ability of this SUV model. Pre-recorded sound of this model will also be played at the right time to create a sense of being inside the actual car.
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