Toyota patents plans for EV with manual transmission and clutch

Re:Toyota patents plans for EV with manual transmission and ... by lokedhs on Monday September 05, 2022 @01:37PM (#32726917)

I have the Niro EV, and it was my first EV. The paddle shifters are amazing, and you get used to them very quickly. I recently rented another EV and I was surprised it wasn't there.

Most of the time I can drive without even touching the brake pedal, since you can hold the left paddle and it will engage maximum engine braking, which it quite powerful. This helps with battery as well since there is less energy loss when braking.

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Re:Toyota patents plans for EV with manual transmission and ... by LorenPechtel on Monday September 05, 2022 @02:58PM (#32727892)

I thought anything other than really hard braking didn't actually happen anyway, it was actually done with regen.

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Re:Toyota patents plans for EV with manual transmission and ... by lokedhs on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @11:52AM (#32738834)

Perhaps it does. When I use the pedal the display shows a amount of regen power. However, as I press harder there is no obvious transition where the actual brakes take effect. It feels completely natural, which is why I thought it applied the brakes immediately. Perhaps the design is just so good that you can't tell.

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