...with a fake 7-speed transmission and Active Sound Control system to emulate the sounds and jerk feeling of an old-school internal combustion engine...
WTF
Aah, it's for jerks
this post was submitted on 31 May 2026
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As long as you can turn it off... People who want that really do baffle me, though
My 2019 VW GTI has this, not because it's electric and has no engine, but because the sound dampening between the engine bay and cabin is so good that the engineers thought it necessary. It's the first thing I disabled. So dumb.
They think jerking back and forth and making noise is "soul".
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They could have leaned into it and have F&F mode where it’s just up shifting constantly as you’re cruising at 30mph
We can have it use the mario64 infinite staircase music method.
Shepard tones?
Maybe they could make a mode where the electric vehicle UFO noise they make so you can hear them coming gets louder when you accelerate
It would be funny of people hacked it to play whatever sound it wanted like the pacman wakwaka sound.
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I've heard of some people feeling motion sick without the same feedback as an ICE vehicle. Could be helpful for them.
People get motion sick in EVs because they are heavy and the suspension has a hard time damping. It has nothing to do with "ICE feedback". It's the same effect as seasickness.
Annectodal, but whatever acceleration curve Toyota uses in its hybrids makes me sick so quickly. I haven't had many problems in Chevy PHEVs or EVs, teslas, or Kia EVs, but I do often get motion sick in ICE vehicles. Not as badly as Toyota hybrids though.
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Renault has also sold out its EV Renault 5 Turbo 3E.
The winners in this transition will be manufacturers who design EVs to sell, not EVs designed to generate hate for EVs.
This is what I’ve wanted for a while. Small, electric, simple. Decent range too. Now when can I buy it in the states? Oh wait never… man fuck these American car manufacturers. I don’t want a giant SUV or a king cab pickup that I can’t see a full grown adult directly in front of me.
I went to an ATM in this fancier suburb on my way to meet up with a friend a while back, and they had this thing raised up so high because of all the SUVs and pickups that people must drive around there, I had to unbuckle just to insert my card. I was mildly infuriated in my little rusty sedan.
I went to the grocery store the other day and there was this oversized pavement princess that the hood was literally taller than me standing directly in front of it. If I hadn’t been alone I would have gotten someone to take a pic. I’m 5’10”.
It reminds me of this graphic.
And this only goes up to 1.43m. This truck was at least 1.8m.
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No shit, an electric hatchback has got to be fun as hell to drive and infinitely more practical than 99% of hulking, maintenance prone ICE cars.
Since opening preorders in Japan on April 21, Kawasaka said the new EV has secured over 7,000 reservations in about a month
The Super-ONE is powered by the same 29.6 kWh battery as the N-ONE e, offering a WLTP driving range of up to 274 km (170 miles) with fast charging (up to 80%) capabilities in about 30 minutes.
After launching in Japan, the Super-One will go on sale in Europe, the UK, Australia, and other overseas markets shortly.
and other overseas markets shortly.
Such aaaaas... Manifest Destiny Land?
Haha good one. That government will block it from ever reaching its shores. It'll be a pleasant surprise if it happens though.
Too bad. I would love to move to a Hyundai Casper, personally.
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30 kWh and 170 miles range?! That's >5 mi/kWh, I haven't seen anything run that well (consistently). Big if true for everyone - I'd buy one in an instant if Honda had a little more BEV chops, I'm still a bit skeptical of them.
My first EV was an eGolf with a 24 kWh battery. At its peak that was 100 mi range (was rated 80-something). Would have killed for this back then.
Some of the light small EVs definitely hit 5 mi/kWh
Small battery = less mass to carry = less energy required to move
Combined with modern motors and you get this kind of performance
Kinda like an analogous concept as the rocket equation, where adding range requires adding enough fuel to carry the weight of the additional fuel.
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Goddamnit, why wasn't this a thing 3 years ago, when we were LOOKING for an EV in this price-range?
Because the industry is consolidated enough that it’s possible for them ignore consumer preference and focus on high margin, low capital investment projects to pump stock values.
Now there is a set of new competitors not beholden to the pressure of the US/Japanese/European/Korean stock markets that are threatening to take massive market share, (Chinese EV companies).
"we"? Aren't people still looking for EVs in this price range?
I meant my wife and I, specifically.
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Performance sounds about like my Leaf after upgrading the battery. This part made me lol tho: " fake 7-speed transmission and Active Sound Control system to emulate the sounds and jerk feeling of an old-school internal combustion engine (ICE) sports car." No thanks, but I'd buy the non-sports model they based it on.
Engineering Explained tested out Hyundai's offering if an electric car with shifting. I tend to agree with most of what he says on his channel, and he's certainly a gear head, so I trust that it can be implemented in a fun way.
without the sound through speakers, it seems a bit like manual power settings on an ebike. Caps the max speed to a gear/PAS number.
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assuming the following is true, this is a new car I would actually buy
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no LED headlights (they are dangerous and rude)
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you can disable the fake engine noise and transmission behaviour
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the touchscreen is minimal and crucial controls are not locked behind menus or on the touchscreen in the first place
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there aren't excessive privacy concerns or lockouts preventing user maintenance
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Sometimes I wonder what the heyday of "hotcakes" must have been like to have become the reference point for a customer frenzy.
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I dig the kinda subdued rocket rabbit kit look.
Good, more EVs is more better!
Honestly didn't expect this from Honda. I hope they continue to produce more cheap EVs.
Oh hey, a car that's basically what I wanted. A reasonably sized and priced electric hatchback.
Not in the market for a new car though
Canada will get Renault EVs as soon as next year...Alpine brand.
That car is going to cost twice or even thrice as much. Alpine is a premium performance brand.
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