Lexus heard you want a manual transmission and would like to suggest an alternative - make-believe! The "virtual" manual transmission will put a realistic feeling clutch and stick shift in EVs by Toyota's high-performance brand.
You may think some manual control over the vehicle's acceleration will be directly tied to the feature... but no. It is literally just so drivers feel like they are driving a stick shift.
Lucid would also like to suggest a different plan - not canceling your order. Delivery delays, staffing issues, and an unhopeful production goal outlook have customers bailing on their orders.
Lucid has a fourteen-call plan to save the orders, but we cannot think of a better way to drive customers further away. A case-owner, manager, and regional manager, follow-up call plan adds up to 14 calls over two weeks before the order is finally canceled.
BMW's suggestion is to take the bumpy road next time. They filed a patent for tech that would turn bumps into electricity for EVs. The suspension system would capture energy from the up-and-down movement to recharge the battery while driving.
While patents get filed and are not used all the time, this one, combined with our persistent presence of potholes, could eventually add up to something neat. (Like, for real, tho, why are we even paying taxes if the roads look like swiss cheese?)