Japanese automobile giant Toyota came to the fore with an interesting announcement a few months ago. The company announced that it was working on a new electric car, and that this electric car was equipped with a fake transmission and manual transmission. A patent from Toyota that emerged today allowed us to obtain more detailed information about this system.
Toyota’s patent documents reveal that the transmission technology being worked on can support up to 14 gears. Yes, you heard right. The fake manual transmission that Toyota will use in the new generation electric cars may have a 14-speed structure.
Here is the patent showing the structure of the fake manual transmission:
Toyota also explained how the technology would work in the patent file it prepared. According to Toyota’s statement, a certain number of gears in ordinary transmissions are considered “unlimited” by Toyota. According to the patent document, the driver will determine his own gear number and create the number of gears accordingly.
To be frank, a 14-speed structure is meaningless for ordinary drivers. After all, a 6-speed gearbox is quite ideal for today’s conditions. In fact, Toyota seems to be aware of this. Because, according to the patent, recommendations will begin to be given for a driver who chooses a 6-speed setup and then goes up to the 6th gear. The user will be able to choose to switch to a larger gear arrangement. With this; The gear system in current conditions can be maintained.
This is all we can convey for now about the new transmission system developed by Toyota. Toyota did not share a specific release date for this virtual system that will bring manual transmission support to electric cars. That being the case, we think manual transmission enthusiasts will have to wait at least a few more years.
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