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Could an electric car have a clutch?
I love driving a manual transmission—it almost feels second nature to me. I want to switch over to an electric car but I think I’d always miss the familiar feeling of driving a manual. Could an electric car be made to have the same components as a manual transmission, such as a gear shifter and clutch?
Allison Stone · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
You’re not alone in wanting to preserve some of the more traditional aspects of driving in electric cars, but the motor in an electric car is much different than the engine in a traditional gas-powered vehicle.
Unlike a combustion engine, electric motors have 100% torque all the time, which means there’s no shifting that takes place when accelerating. A
Tesla
Model S, for example, has been recorded to go from zero to sixty in 2.25 seconds. There have been some attempts made to recreate the feeling of a manual transmission in an electric car, but its unclear just yet if these kinds of cars will ever make it to the marketplace.
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