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Re:Toyota patents plans for EV with manual transmission and ... by chinabot on Monday September 05, 2022 @11:07PM (#32732299)
Also people who buy manual transmissions in preference to autos rarely give a fuck about economy (this is my opinion and about every manual transmission aficionado I have ever spoken to)
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Re:Toyota patents plans for EV with manual transmission and ... by tomjakubowski on Monday September 05, 2022 @11:38PM (#32732535)
There was a time when manual transmissions were alleged to give better fuel economy than automatics, but I think that's long gone now.
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