Porsche Says No to Analog shifting functions in Electric Vehicles

TapTechNews August 27th news, Porsche stated that the company will not add analog shifting functions to electric vehicles, believing that doing so will make the driving experience of the vehicle worse.

Porsche R & D driver Lars Kern said in an interview with the Australian media Drive, We test drove the Hyundai Ioniq5N and studied its analog shifting function. Of course, some people think this is a good idea. But our conclusion is that this is not what we want.

TapTechNews noticed that the Hyundai Ioniq5N launched the Ne-Shift function earlier, aiming to simulate the driving feel of an eight-speed dual-clutch transmission. Porsche doesn't seem to agree with this approach. Kern said: We will of course pay attention to the practices of competitors, but our view has always been, why do we want to make things worse? The performance of the electric motor is better than that of the internal combustion engine, so we don't think there is a reason to simulate the past.

Kern also added: I don't understand what's the point of using analog shifting to make the electric vehicle feel like an internal combustion engine, because the electric motor is not an internal combustion engine. We don't want to fake the internal combustion engine because we still produce internal combustion engines, so we don't understand what the point of doing this is.

This is not the first time Porsche has refused to follow the trend. The company previously said that it will not install a tablet-sized screen on electric vehicles, which is something that many automakers are doing.

In the end, whether electric vehicles need analog shifting functions may perhaps be decided by consumers.