Toyota plans to develop a simulated manual transmission on its future EVs to catch the attention of manual-tuned customers. The automaker is gradually transiting to sustainable automotive solutions and already has a growing EV lineup. The new electric vehicles will come with fake manual transmissions and may even simulate some manual transmission features.

The new drive by Toyota is indicative of the strong attachment customers still feel for manual transmission vehicles. It would allow drivers to simulate manual-based driving through a fake clutch that sends signals to the engine and create a feeling of switching gears. Toyota has already patented the technology for this feature in its new EVs.

A clutch pedal will be included in the EVs and will support downshifting as well. The driver can use the manual transmission module to slow down the vehicle instead of depressing the brake pedal. The new Toyota EVs will be able to provide jerks and stops for drivers who never learned to handle a manual car.

The cars will simulate the consequences of using the clutch poorly but won’t however stall ensuring safety as expected. The addition of the simulated manual architecture to future Toyota EVs is just for the fun of manual transmission enthusiasts. Drivers will have the option of disabling the fake manual transmission at any time.

Toyota has not made any official statement relating to the simulated manual transmission on future EVs. There are also no indications yet on the scheduled kick-off of the technology.

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The idea of a manual transmission on an electric vehicle seems a far thought presently, as current EV models only come with automatic transmission. However, a recent patent filing by Japanese carmaker Toyota indicates that the company may be tinkering with the idea of a manual transmission for EVs.

According to a recent report by Teslarati, Toyota has made a raft of patent applications for a manual transmission to be used with electric vehicles. It is understood that the proposed Toyota system uses a pseudo-clutch pedal and pseudo-gear shift that will enable electric vehicles to transit to manual transmission whenever the driver desires.

There are lots of current EV users who may still be connected to their manual transmission internal combustion cars. For one thing, the engaging nature of manual transmission has made some drivers become die-hard fans of the manual transmission. However, it will take some dose of innovation to accomplish the Toyota model in an EV. The patent application shows a motor controller that models the output based on a traditional internal combustion vehicle. The mechanism of the operation of this component is at the heart of the development of what could be termed pseudo-manual transmission in electric vehicles.

Although the optics of the manual transmission mechanism are not very detailed at this time, it is bound to draw some manual transmission enthusiasts to such EVs when they become a reality. We just have to keep our fingers crossed to see whether Toyota will be putting their money into research and development of the manual transmission model for EVs.

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