I don’t really see the point of this. It’s just adding complexity for the sake of it. As far as I can tell when you change gear it just changes some software parameters, there are no physical gears. Yet there’s a clutch and the ability to stall?

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    The point would be to fill a niche for people who like driving manual, but want to transition to electric.

    Probably won’t be very popular, but in this big world, there is a niche for everything.

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        This stuff trickles down. AC, auto headlights and windows, touchscreens, information centers, etc were all luxury options for luxury cars…

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      I sort of get the point of the second one they mention - sounds like it can “emulate” hundreds of different cars, which could be fun.

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      If I had the time, money, and knowhow my dream car is an electric swapped Datsun 240z. You can keep the manual transmission when you’re swapping an ICE car, I think it’d be pretty neat