{"id":405613,"date":"2022-02-14T20:30:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T17:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/all-evs-have-automatic-transmission-but-toyota-begs-to-differ\/"},"modified":"2023-06-12T16:29:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T13:29:10","slug":"all-evs-have-automatic-transmission-but-toyota-begs-to-differ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/all-evs-have-automatic-transmission-but-toyota-begs-to-differ\/","title":{"rendered":"#All EVs have automatic transmission\u2026 but Toyota begs to differ"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27d25d1eb54\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27d25d1eb54\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/all-evs-have-automatic-transmission-but-toyota-begs-to-differ\/#Toyotas_idea\" >Toyota\u2019s idea<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>This is something you might not know: almost all\u00a0EVs\u00a0are automatic.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll be hard pressed to find one with a gear stick. Why, you ask? Because\u00a0EVs simply don\u2019t need more than a single gear.<\/p>\n<p>I know, a stick shift car feels empowering, so why haven\u2019t automakers thought\u00a0about a \u201cbest-of-both-words\u201d solution and put one in an EV?<\/p>\n<p>Oh wait, they have. Kinda.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Toyotas_idea\"><\/span>Toyota\u2019s idea<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Yep, the carmaker is flirting with manual transmission and a clutch for\u2026 EVs?!<\/p>\n<p>At least that\u2019s the info we got from a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of patents filed to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspto.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">United States Patent and Trademark Office<\/a>\u00a0(USPTO), and unearthed by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bzforums.com\/threads\/toyota-manual-transmission-electric-vehicle-patents.119\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u00a0BZ Forums<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take a closer look at the latest filing, published on the February 10, 2022:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\">\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_1380462\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1380462\" style=\"width: 632px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1380462\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/patent.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/patent.png 1366w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/patent-166x210.png 166w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/patent-107x135.png 107w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/patent-214x270.png 214w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/patent-1217x1536.png 1217w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/patent-796x1005.png 796w\" alt=\"toyota patent manual transmission ev\" width=\"632\" height=\"798\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1380462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: USPTO<\/figcaption><\/figure><figcaption><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"><\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The abstract reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The controller of the electric vehicle is configured to control the torque of the electric motor using the MT vehicle model based on the operation amount of accelerator pedal, the operation amount of the pseudo-clutch pedal and the shift position of the pseudo-shifter used by the operation of the reaction force actuator.<\/p>\n<p>The controller is configured to store shift reaction force characteristic simulating the characteristic of the shift reaction force according to the operation of the shifter. Then, the controller is configured to control the shift reaction force output by the shift reaction force generator according to the operation of the pseudo-shifter using the stored shift reaction force characteristic.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Okay, I\u2019m no engineer but here\u2019s what I understand:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">There\u2019s an\u00a0EV mechanism that can switch between \u201ccontrol modes\u201d of standard automatic and manual driving.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">This mechanism uses \u201cpseudo-clutch\u201d and \u201cpseudo-shifter\u201d inputs to adjust the torque produced by the electric motor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But given that the prefix \u201cpseudo-\u201d is used so much, I\u2019m led to believe that this controller is more a symbolic function than a performance-based one. In other words, it\u2019s all about the nostalgia of manual gear-shifting.<\/p>\n<p>As much as I find it unlikely for a company to invest money on basically useless tech, I get it. Dressing the new with the familiarity of the old is a proven marketing technique.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s not forget that Ford created\u00a0a petrol-scented perfume\u00a0for those who wanna go electric, but miss the ol\u2019 scent of gasoline too much.<\/p>\n<p>Under this light, Toyota\u2019s EV gear stick patent actually makes sense.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related article :\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/firstsiteguide.com\/trademark-search\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Do a Free Trademark Search<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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You\u2019ll be hard pressed to find one with a gear stick. Why, you ask? Because\u00a0EVs simply don\u2019t need more than a single gear. I know, a stick shift car feels empowering, so why haven\u2019t automakers thought\u00a0about a \u201cbest-of-both-words\u201d solution and put one in an EV?&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":405614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image\/shift?filter_last=1&fit=1280,640&url=https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/02\/TOYOTA-SAYS-FUCK-NO.jpg&signature=af1148cb8d5bb16511fbfb77bc5ccd15","fifu_image_alt":"#All EVs have automatic transmission\u2026 but Toyota begs to differ","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[82313,143902,143901],"class_list":["post-405613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-evs","tag-how-about-manual-gear-shifting","tag-how-to-do-a-free-trademark-search"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}