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BMW Tech Boss Isn't Into Fake Gearboxes In EVs

Car enthusiasts have long griped that electric cars—silent, relatively similar to one another and, ultimately, soulless—kill all the fun parts of driving. They have a point: EVs typically have one gear, so there’s no opportunity to shift. Flooring it, even in a face-meltingly quick EV, doesn’t produce the kind of visceral vibrations and rumbles one gets from, say, a beefy V8. 

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