Ford applied for a patent for the so-called 'Shifter Assembly For Electric Vehicles.' While it looks like a gear shift, it ...

Electric cars have different powertrains from their ICE counterparts, but not only that, the whole driving experience is also ...

A recently published patent application describes a simulated manual transmission shifter lever for Ford's future electric ...

Ford is exploring ways to make electric vehicles (EVs) more engaging by introducing a simulated manual transmission. A ...

Ford’s not the only automaker looking into stickshift-ing its future EVs: Toyota’s been working on something similar for a ...

Back in 2022, Toyota filed a patent for a virtual transmission and tested the ‘Manual BEV concept’ in a Lexus UX300e. That ...

A Ford patent suggests the automaker could put a manual shifter in electric vehicles as a nostalgic touch for old car lovers.

Back in 2022, Toyota filed a patent for a virtual transmission, and tested the ‘Manual BEV concept’ in a Lexus UX300e EV.

It's deployable and can function as a sequential shifter or a full-on six-speed stick. Too bad there aren't actual gears to ...

We're not sure which this particular effort will turn out to be, but let's hope the former because it suggests that Ford engineers are working on a manual shifter for electric cars. The patent ...