Ford’s new electric vehicles could soon see a retro addition: manual gear shifters. A patent application from the automaker ...

Safety Wheel Drive is an innovative all-in-one solution combining a wheel, gearbox, motor, safety encoder and safety drive.

The Interactive Manual Drive system, also referred to as a “virtual manual gearbox”, allows drivers to change gears in a traditional way by using paddle shifters, however there is no clutch pedal.

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The new lineup also welcomes an F SPORT variant, the RZ 550e, which boasts 408 DIN horsepower (300 kW) and Lexus’ first Interactive Manual Drive system. This innovation simulates the tactile ...

Lexus gave the RZ a new water-cooled battery with more battery cells that are more advanced than before, as well as a new, more efficient eAxle and drive motors with optimized control systems to ...

Lexus just upgraded its electric SUV in nearly every way possible. The 2026 Lexus RZ now has more driving range and power with a fully redesigned BEV system. But, that’s not all. The electric ...

The premium Japanese automaker has announced the mid-cycle facelift procedure for the RZ electric compact crossover with ...

The new RZ also introduces what Lexus calls "Interactive Manual Drive," which purports to mimic an eight-speed manual transmission. Details are few, but this is a software-based program with both ...

If you want convenience and comfort, you can even drive it in regular, boring EV mode. The simulated manual transmission Toyota developed for EVs isn’t just a novelty—it’s an effort to ...