[pedrow]

Have we properly considered the effect on Hollywood? No car chase is complete without the timely down-shift, the roar of the engine and (usually) the massive fireball when the villain drives into a wall. With EVs/automatic transmission they're going to have to think of something else!

[royjacobs]

Thankfully heroes and villains in action movies always drive immaculately restored 70s muscle cars, so for the time being they'll be able to keep using a gear stick.