Hyundai Want Its Electric N Cars To Feel ‘More Realistic’

Hyundai plans to enhance its simulated gearbox technology in its next-gen electric N models.

Possible features could include idling, backfiring, and vibrations.

Hyundai is already testing upgraded technology.

Hyundai’s next generation of performance EVs might have even more digital fakery. They will feature enhancements to the brand’s N e-shift simulated gearbox technology that could add idling, backfiring, vibrations, and other combustion quirks to the EV driving experience.

"We are not the serious Porsche guys,” said Manfred Harrer, the automaker’s head of R&D, in an interview with Autocar. “We are fun to drive.”