What will they come up with next?

"Manual shift" for EV's? https://www.thedrive.com/news/44261/toyota-has-a-patent-to-recreate-manual-transmissions-for-evs

 

Looks like fun.



This… is seriously cool. An actual Porsche four-speed in an electric 356.


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Very interesting! He talked about weight distribution and driving dynamics and the way he was driving, it seems that this electric 356 is more stable than the ICE. When I had my 356B S90 50 years ago, it tried to kill me twice with trailing throttle over steer.

 

If done properly, the battery weight should be distributed 50/50 and mounted very low. The 356 obviously is a hard car to electrify due to its floor pans and limited space, so I was impressed with this one.

But, a 356 was always tricky to drive at its (modest) limits, so maybe easy to improve. I am very interested to see if/how the Nurburgring champion Porsches go electric. The Taycan is apparently well designed for daily use, but a GT3/GT2 is another animal…


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You should try liftoff oversteer in a 69 beetle.

 

Nope.. Don't need stains in my skivvy shorts! Twice in a lifetime is enough.