Comment on I'm looking for a no frills, physical key EV. Am I looking for something that no longer exists?
Aux@feddit.uk 4 days agoIt seems to me that you don’t understand how EVs work. They don’t have gears (usually) and they don’t have a constantly running combustion engine.
Neutral and park (park is just neutral with a break automatically applied) do not exist in EVs, because EVs don’t have a constantly running engine. You only need neutral to disengage the clutch to prevent its wear during stops, because always running engine means that the car is always moving. That’s not happening in EVs.
And you don’t need low/boost because EVs don’t have gears.
So, you only have reverse and drive.
AA5B@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Huh, my EV also has neutral and park. It can be very useful to yet the wheels freewheel or to lock the wheels. However no PRNDL shifter control for usability
Aux@feddit.uk 4 days ago
You can’t freewheel on EV, there’s no mechanism for that. You can have a software simulation though, but it’s not needed for anything.
AA5B@lemmy.world 4 days ago
When mine is configured for aggressive regen, it slows the vehicle to a stop. You couldn’t push the car, for example
Aux@feddit.uk 4 days ago
That’s just a software feature, not a real neutral.