case in point, me flooring it on a left hand turn in my moms prius and having to wait a good 500ms for the thing to start moving at all.
I know exactly what my manual does in first gear and when, I don't think about it, it's an extension of myself.
Though I will also say that a modern automatic doesn't need 500 meters. It works almost as well as manual. If you floor the pedal if shifts to apply more torque.
Sure there is! Electrics have maximum torque at zero RPM. As RPM increases, their torque drops off. Some cars will have a torque limit that provides for constant torque (less than the motor would be capable of), but as RPM continued to increase, eventually the torque falls off.
> You always have full power available.
This is also incorrect, but less so than the max torque claim, as power is torque times RPM (times a constant), so as RPM rises and torque falls, power is closer to constant than torque is.
Here’s an article covering a dyno test of a plaid Model S: https://electrek.co/2017/02/21/tesla-model-s-p100d-ludicrous...
> This is also incorrect, but less so than the max torque claim
Eh, I think you're being a bit pedantic here.
The point was that in an EV, you always have the maximum torque for a given speed available. Whereas in an ICE, you'll have to downshift, which in some automatic cars can take a second or two. You can suddenly floor the gas and go nowhere, whereas an EV takes off immediately. Even a 600 horsepower hypercar will be a little sluggish if you floor it at 55 mph in the top gear.
https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/02/29007...
I can downshift before the hill to get revs, and prevent the auto-shift as I go up the hill. Or I can downshift to use engine as brake. No clutch to worry about, and my hands never leave wheel. Long-press the paddle to return to auto for the boring sections. Awesome usability! Could never go back to manual, the paddle-shifters are too much fun and too easy!
You can do that in an automatic, too. Reach over to the gear selector, move it from D to a lower gear.
I can honestly say I don't give a shit whether I'm driving a manual or an automatic. I don't really think about gear changing in either.
Automatic instead of manual feels how I imagine pre-chewed ice cream feels.