Porsche did a lot of the hard work for modern DSG transmissions back in the 1980s. The pioneering PDK system originated in ...

Internal sentiment at Porsche was decidedly against creating a virtual gear-shift system for the brand’s EVs. Simulating manual shifting in a vehicle directly driven by electric motors is, at the very ...

In the early 2000s, when the Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG) debuted, there was a problem that many drivers faced when buying a new car. Conventional automatics were smooth, but they weren't efficient, and ...

Electric cars are undeniably fast, but early adopters and enthusiasts have voiced a common complaint: a single, uninterrupted wave of linear torque can feel sterile. Porsche has been listening. For ...

Porsche has filed a new patent for a shift-by-wire transmission gear selector that can operate as both a traditional manual and a standard automatic The setup allows drivers to toggle between an ...

Internal sentiment at Porsche was decidedly against creating a virtual gear-shift system for the brand's EVs. Simulating manual shifting in a vehicle directly driven by electric motors is, at the very ...

The addition of simulated gears to the 2027 Porsche Taycan bucked a few expectations. Porsche insiders previously spoke out against simulated shifting in electric vehicles, only to reverse their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Porsche's new E-Shift feature brings a fully simulated 8-speed dual-clutch transmission to the all-electric Taycan, complete with ...

Turns out Porsche didn’t just learn a lot from benchmarking the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N—it liked what it learned, and will be applying those lessons to its own electric vehicles. The Drive can now report ...

Last year, Porsche made some buzz when one of its development drivers told the media that “fake” EV gear shifts were essentially pointless. As we’ve learned from driving the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, the ...

CAR tests new E-Shift virtual transmission - tech that gives the terrific Taycan EV a pretend PDK, elevating the driving experience to an even higher level ...