This is something you might not know: almost all EVs are automatic.  You’ll be hard pressed to find one with a gear stick. Why, you ask? Because EVs simply don’t need more than a single gear.  I know, a stick shift car feels empowering, so why haven’t automakers thought about a “best-of-both-words” solution and put one in an EV? Oh wait, they have. Kinda. Toyota’s idea Yep, the carmaker is flirting with manual transmission and a clutch for… EVs?! At least that’s the info we got from a series of patents filed to the United States Patent and Trademark Office…

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