So im guessing you dont like a drivers car which is what porsche’s market is catered too. If you dont like that its completely fine. But for people like me who enjoy manual cars and having something thats engaging to drive give me an ev that simulates ice vehicle dynamics any day. Seeing this means more people who bought ice cars because they were more engaging for track days might be buying evs in the future. That means less noise pollution near race tracks and a more ecologically friendly motor sport. Calling this idiotic is just a bad take, you’re clearly not the market for a drivers car and that fine but dont act like there arent others out there who are waiting for things like this. I like that the ionic 5n does this behavior and seeing more performance cars take this approach means hopefully a shift in a sport I enjoy but is not ecologically friendly might become more so in the future. Plus I can have all the pops and bangs of an ice engine in my car without having to bother anyone outside it :D
I think you haven’t understood my message, and probably not the article itself.
What Porsche does is simulate the behavior of a torque converter automatic transmission. The opposite of a “drivers car” as you put it.
What I’m suggesting is the opposite. Use paddle shifters to alter acceleration and regen torque in a way that’s similar to a sequential or semi-auto transmission. “Downshift” to increase regen (engine breaking) and accel torque, just like downshifting in a petrol car. “Upshift” to reduce them. With the added benefit of zero emissions and the ability to stay in whichever “gear mode” you want.
FWIW I’ve driven manuals for 20 years and although my latest car is a hybrid and the next will be electric, I still “drive” manual in sim racing.
I absolutely love driving my car, a manual VW GTI, which is pretty much a “driver’s car” and I think it’s dumb, too.
If people like it then that’s cool, but not for me.
So im guessing you dont like a drivers car which is what porsche’s market is catered too. If you dont like that its completely fine. But for people like me who enjoy manual cars and having something thats engaging to drive give me an ev that simulates ice vehicle dynamics any day. Seeing this means more people who bought ice cars because they were more engaging for track days might be buying evs in the future. That means less noise pollution near race tracks and a more ecologically friendly motor sport. Calling this idiotic is just a bad take, you’re clearly not the market for a drivers car and that fine but dont act like there arent others out there who are waiting for things like this. I like that the ionic 5n does this behavior and seeing more performance cars take this approach means hopefully a shift in a sport I enjoy but is not ecologically friendly might become more so in the future. Plus I can have all the pops and bangs of an ice engine in my car without having to bother anyone outside it :D
I think you haven’t understood my message, and probably not the article itself.
What Porsche does is simulate the behavior of a torque converter automatic transmission. The opposite of a “drivers car” as you put it.
What I’m suggesting is the opposite. Use paddle shifters to alter acceleration and regen torque in a way that’s similar to a sequential or semi-auto transmission. “Downshift” to increase regen (engine breaking) and accel torque, just like downshifting in a petrol car. “Upshift” to reduce them. With the added benefit of zero emissions and the ability to stay in whichever “gear mode” you want.
FWIW I’ve driven manuals for 20 years and although my latest car is a hybrid and the next will be electric, I still “drive” manual in sim racing.
I absolutely love driving my car, a manual VW GTI, which is pretty much a “driver’s car” and I think it’s dumb, too. If people like it then that’s cool, but not for me.