Electric vehicles outsold manual transmissions in the U.S. last quarter
Every OEM obligated to get in on the battery-electric game has publicly groused about how hard it will be to make money on EVs. Imagine, then, how dire the situation is for the manual transmission — Old Faithful to hardcore enthusiasts — now that J.D. Power data showed EVs outsold cars with clutch pedals in the U.S. in the third quarter. J.D. Power executive Tyson Jominy told the outlet in an e-mail that "the discontinuation of many compact and subcompact sedans where manuals were purchased primarily as a lower cost of entry to a new vehicle" accounted for a portion of the downturn.
