24 Feb 2025 | More Kia EVs Get Simulated Gearshifts, Lucid Gravity Enters Canada and Mercedes-Benz Road Tests Solid State Batteries
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Martyn Lee
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🗓️ 24 February 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to EV News Daily. Coming up today, more keyer EVs to get simulated gear shifts, |
| 0:04.8 | lucids, gravity enters Canada, and Mercedes-Benz road tests, solid-state batteries. Plus, stay tuned, |
| 0:11.5 | because later in the show, I'll tell you why Tesla is facing a massive recall and why it's |
| 0:15.5 | partly just software, but also partly not. Well, good morning, good afternoon or good evening. Wherever you are in the world, |
| 0:22.7 | welcome to EV News Daily. Your trusted source of EV information for Monday 24th of February, |
| 0:27.7 | I'm Martin Lee and I go through every EV story, so you don't have to. Patreon supporters get the |
| 0:32.7 | episodes ad-free. Be like them by clicking on a link in the show notes. We'll start with news of |
| 0:37.4 | Kia's |
| 0:37.7 | EV4 to get the simulated manual shifts, Kia adding, these to the new EV4, a feature |
| 0:45.6 | similar to the paddle shift technology in the Hyundai, Arnic 5N, and the updated Kia EV6 GT. Drivers can |
| 0:52.9 | use paddle shifters to change virtual gears, while the software |
| 0:56.7 | adjusts power delivery to mimic a traditional combustion engine. Initially intended for performance |
| 1:02.3 | models, this tech will now be standard across all EV4 variants, including the base models. |
| 1:08.6 | To attract, they say, enthusiasts transitioning from combustion cars. |
| 1:13.1 | The high-performance version, EV4 GT, will also get the fake rev limiter that simulates hitting an engine's red line, |
| 1:22.4 | prompting drivers to shift up for better acceleration, or just to continue accelerating. |
| 1:28.6 | That feature in the Hyundai Anik-5N, whilst being entirely pointless, puts a massive smile on your face. It will make you go |
| 1:34.7 | a lot slower, by the way, because you are cutting the power as you go up through the gearbox. |
| 1:39.5 | And the fake red line thing, yeah, it is literally like it will make a noise like you are bouncing |
| 1:44.1 | off a rev limiter and you'll go no faster. It's odd, but brilliantly engineered, and you will play |
| 1:49.6 | with it when the kids are not in the car. It's kind of a one-trick pony, but it also makes you |
| 1:53.8 | smile. And what's wrong with that? We like that with EVs, don't we? Well, the Hyundai Arnick |
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