For The Verge: Lexus could save the stick shift for EVs, if drivers are willing to pretend
The Japanese automaker is reportedly working on a manual transmission for electric cars. Will the stick-obsessed be willing to play make-believe?
The manual transmission, once a staple of base trim economy cars and high-end sports cars alike, has been in decline for years now. But for a small and shrinking group of drivers, the answer to that is “from my cold, dead hands.”
So manual gearbox purists will be delighted to know that a highly unusual suspect, Lexus, is apparently working on a “virtual” manual to find out if the stick shift can survive the electric revolution. But is it too little, too late for the stick?
