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Toyota Patented Sequential Shifting for EVs Without a Real Gearbox
Toyota's US patent 12,679,217 cuts and restores motor torque to fake a sequential gearbox shift in an EV, no clutch pedal needed. The LFA could use it.
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Porsche Reverses Its Own Stance, Gives 2027 Taycan The Fake Gears It Once Called a Bad Idea
Porsche has given the 2027 Taycan simulated gear shifting, a feature its own development driver publicly dismissed less than two years ago. The system, called E-Shift, lets drivers row through eight virtual gears using paddles on the GT Sport steering wheel, with a virtual rev limiter and gear-specific drag torque tuned to mimic engine braking.…
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Porsche Rules Out a Fully Electric 911, Keeping Its Best-Seller on Gas
Porsche will not build a fully electric version of the 911, CEO Michael Leiters said this week, drawing a hard line around the one car the company cannot afford to get wrong. He made the remark at an event hosted by the German magazine Auto, Motor und Sport, the 911 stays combustion and hybrid. The…
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Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door EV Brings 1,153 HP and a Fake V8, But Its Design Is Splitting the Internet
Mercedes-AMG has priced its first dedicated electric car, the all-electric GT 4-Door Coupe, starting at €154,700 for the GT 55 and €196,350 for the GT 63 in Germany. Order books opened this week in Europe, and U.S. deliveries are expected to begin late this year. The GT 63 is the most powerful road-going Mercedes-AMG yet.…
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Ferrari Luce Debut Sinks Stock 8.4% As Ex-CEO Says Strip The Prancing Horse Off Jony Ive’s EV
Ferrari's first electric car, the Ferrari Luce, has been on the road for under 48 hours and the prancing horse is already bleeding cash. Milan-listed...
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Porsche Manthey Kit Drops Taycan Turbo GT To 6:55.553 At Nürburgring, Outruns Yangwang U9 Xtreme
Porsche development driver Lars Kern set a 6:55.553 Nürburgring lap in a Taycan Turbo GT with the new Manthey Kit, faster than BYD's Yangwang U9 Xtreme.
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Ferrari Luce Interior Video: Jony Ive’s Physical Controls and a $535,000 Range Claim That Needs Translating
Ferrari released another interior video of the Luce, its first all-electric car, as the May 2026 full exterior reveal in Italy approaches. The clip continues the brand’s three-stage rollout: powertrain details emerged in Maranello in October 2025, the interior and name landed in San Francisco on February 9, and a series of video episodes has…
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Porsche’s 2025 Annual Results Reveal 98% Profit Collapse — CEO Leiters Bets on High-Margin Reset
Porsche CEO Michael Leiters reveals a 98% profit drop in 2025 annual results. Explore how €4.7 billion in EV writedowns, U.S. tariffs, and a China sales slump are forcing a high-margin pivot back to combustion and hybrid flexibility.
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