Tardily sharing some of the fun stuff I was up to in Japan. First up, I drove Toyota's EV with a fake manual transmission for Ars Technica.

I know what you're thinking: a pantomime gearbox must be lame, right? I'm as surprised as you to report that the experience is superb. I was immediately won over.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/10/toyota-has-built-an-ev-with-a-fake-transmission-and-weve-driven-it/