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Volkswagen announces discontinuation of manual gearboxes by 2030

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Publish Date
Tue, 31 Aug 2021, 9:07AM
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Volkswagen announces discontinuation of manual gearboxes by 2030

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 31 Aug 2021, 9:07AM

Manual Volkswagen cars will be a thing of the past by 2030. 

The car manufacturer has announced it's going to start phasing out the traditional manual gearbox to coincide with its move to electric. 

It expects all manual gearboxes to be gone by 2030. 

Motorsport champ Greg Murphy told Mike Hosking manual gearboxes just aren’t needed. 

"There's only a very few of these electric cars that have more than one gear in them." 

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