The patent—titled Shifter Assembly For Electric Vehicle—showcases a properly ... or even an old pickup truck with a miles-long gear lever sticking up from the floor. It can be configured ...

They’re sticking it to Gen Z. Ford’s new electric vehicles could soon see a retro addition: manual gear shifters. A patent application from the automaker published this month details a gear ...

In the past few years, some automakers have begun building vehicles with automatic transmissions that use electronic gear shifters, meaning they rely on buttons and electric interfaces to actuate ...

Generally this uses a derailleur, which forms part of the gear switching and chain tensioning ... This is where an electronic shifter should be able to provide faster, more reliable and quieter ...

A proliferation of electronic controls have allowed car ... “I can’t think of any consumer push for a radical change in gear-shifters,” he said. “I’ve heard of reinventing the wheel.

Trump’s ‘eyes and ears’ at NOAA During the first Trump administration, atmospheric scientist Erik Noble was known at the ...

Electric vehicles don't need gear shifts like traditional automobiles. A patent published by Ford shows the automaker could consider having a device that mimics shifting in EVs. Wall Street ...