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To me, this headline comes at least 10 years to late. For two reasons. First of all, even with ICE cars, manual transmissions become more and more rare. Even tr
by _ph_ 4y ago
To me, this headline comes at least 10 years to late. For two reasons. First of all, even with ICE cars, manual transmissions become more and more rare. Even traditional sports car companies in most models usually rather offer a double-clutch transmission.
But obviously, the end of all gear-shifting is near, as most electric cars only have a fixed transmission ratio, so never shift gears. We really need to switch all new car production to electric, it should be quite apparent why, especially as large parts of the world went through extreme heats again this year.
- djxfade 4y agoIn Europe, automatic transmission only really got mainstream in the past decade or so. Yes we have had cars that are fully automatic, but that would be more of the high end cards. Most small consumer cars usually was (and still is) manual
- magicalhippo 4y agoYeah here in Norway new cars sold with automatic went from 32% in 2010 to 96% today[1]. Though I suspect the high ratio of electric cars sold these days, 65% last year[2], has probably been a major contributor. [1]: https://www.nrk.no/osloogviken/flere-tar-forerkort-for-bil-med-automatgir-enn-med-manuell-_-nicolaj-angret-og-ma-kjore-opp-pa-nytt-1.16076020 https://www.nrk.no/osloogviken/flere-tar-forerkort-for-bil-m... [2]: https://www.elbil24.no/nyheter/na-er-hver-sjette-bil-i-norge-en-elbil/75693789 https://www.elbil24.no/nyheter/na-er-hver-sjette-bil-i-norge...
- _ph_ 4y agoI know, I am from Germany :) We have still a lot of manual cars, even amongst the newly sold ones. But beyond that we keep doing what we did your decades, manual transmissions are popular in the cheaper car segment. On the other side, all the big, expensive manufacturers more and more move towards automatic transmissions. A BMW-driving colleague keeps complaining how the manual transmissions tend to get worse with each model generation. But even if Germany kind of misses out on the automatic transmission age a bit - the discussion is moot due to the switch to electric.
- kllrnohj 4y ago> Even traditional sports car companies in most models usually rather offer a double-clutch transmission. Many are actually back to torque converter automatics, not dual clutch. VAG is about the only dual clutch holdout now. BMW, Mercedes, Ford, Chevy, etc.. are all torque converter automatics, not a dual clutch to be found. Not even on "flagships" like the M3/M4 Competition.