Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda told reporters the manual-equipped EV prototype even sounds like a gasoline car car auto cars
for EVs. The automaker showed off a prototype version of the tech fitted to a Lexus last year and this month announced its plans to put the fake gearbox into its next-generation range of EVs, which are scheduled for launch in 2026.
But the story got more exciting today when comments from Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda revealed that Toyota’s Gazoo Racing performance arm had already developed an electric“The biggest difference to other BEVs we are developing is that, when you are in the GR BEV, you can actually hear the engine noises, even if you can’t smell gasoline,” Toyota chairman said to“There is also a manual transmission and also a clutch.
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