A Ford patent suggests the automaker could put a manual shifter in electric vehicles as a nostalgic touch for old car lovers.

A recently published patent application describes a simulated manual transmission shifter lever for Ford's future electric ...

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is one of the first EVs to court the hooning crowd thanks to its simulated engine revs, but according ...

Back in 2022, Toyota filed a patent for a virtual transmission, and tested the ‘Manual BEV concept’ in a Lexus UX300e EV.

The patent—titled Shifter Assembly For Electric Vehicle —showcases a properly old-school shift lever mounted in a box. If ...

Patented in 2023 and released in March this year, the new patent filed by Ford describes a new type of gear lever, not for ...

The system consists of a hall effect sensor at the pedals to measure cadence, an Arduino controller, and a servo mechanism to replace the manual shifter. Everything is mounted in a small enclosure ...

Consult the owner’s manual. If you’re looking for step-by-step instructions on how to use a nontraditional shifter, this glovebox-sized tome—or the digital version some cars now come with ...

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