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I LOVE MANUAL TRANSMISSION (sh.itjust.works)
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[โ€“] bi_tux@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Do automatic cars even exist outside the US? I've never seen one in middle or eastern europe

[โ€“] Waker@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I've read an article that they were about to get a lot more common outside of the US. Apparently they can better "tune" emissions that way and since there are heavy fines and a lot of control going forward that's the argument they are using.

Also apparently manual gears are more expensive to manufacture, I think. Again I read this on an article sometime ago so it could just be BS, I can't seem to find which it was.

Imo, they just want to greenwash this change. In reality they can save money and improve scalability and just standardize everything.

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