Future driving license and EVs

photome

400ixl said:

Hybrid Toyotas can and most likely are manuals for driving schools.

Nothing stops a Hybrid or full EV being a manual, although far less common in a full EV. There will no doubt come a time where more people will just take the auto test and forgo the ability to drive a manual as they are unlikely to drive one, or the rules will change where a test in either allows you to drive either.

Do Toyota make a manual hybrid? I didn’t think they did

poppy12345

photome said:

400ixl said:

Hybrid Toyotas can and most likely are manuals for driving schools.

Nothing stops a Hybrid or full EV being a manual, although far less common in a full EV. There will no doubt come a time where more people will just take the auto test and forgo the ability to drive a manual as they are unlikely to drive one, or the rules will change where a test in either allows you to drive either.

Do Toyota make a manual hybrid? I didn’t think they did

No they don't.

YBR

Keep_pedalling said:

All EVs are single speed and clutchless which pretty much stops them being manual.

Single gear rather than single speed.
So they're not even automatic, technically, as there are no gears to automatically change!
(Yes, it's pedantic, I know.)

silvercar

I thought that the regenerative breaking on an EV meant it was unsuitable for driving tests. 

Car_54

silvercar said:

I thought that the regenerative breaking on an EV meant it was unsuitable for driving tests. 

You thought wrong. What was your reasoning?

born_again

silvercar said:

I thought that the regenerative breaking on an EV meant it was unsuitable for driving tests. 

It is only the same as engine braking in a normal car. 
You still have to press the brake pedal in a EV, unless you are using one that has one foot driving.

jimjames

DB1904 said:

Benny2020 said:

AUTOMATIC DRIVING LICENCE UK

If you have difficulties using manual gears or a stick shift, then taking and passing the automatic driving test is easier than manual. Remember however that you will only be entitled to drive automatics which could be restrictive when renting cars, using courtesy cars and even purchasing car.

Nothing you have posted, states it's not a full licence.

Of course it's a full licence. It just doesn't allow you to drive a manual car. I'm not sure what's so hard about that. You are driving illegally if you drive a manual without the appropriate licence.

Ditzy_Mitzy

yessuz said:

Question is why the hell would anyone in sane mind (and not being in super niche profession or hobby) would want to drive manual

All sorts of reasons: more control, better performance, better economy, cheaper repairs, certain cars are manual only, fun and so on.  A manual with a light clutch action is often easier to drive in traffic than an automatic, too.  

Ebe_Scrooge

jimjames said:

DB1904 said:

Benny2020 said:

AUTOMATIC DRIVING LICENCE UK

If you have difficulties using manual gears or a stick shift, then taking and passing the automatic driving test is easier than manual. Remember however that you will only be entitled to drive automatics which could be restrictive when renting cars, using courtesy cars and even purchasing car.

Nothing you have posted, states it's not a full licence.

Of course it's a full licence. It just doesn't allow you to drive a manual car. I'm not sure what's so hard about that. You are driving illegally if you drive a manual without the appropriate licence.

Seems to be some confusion with semantics, I reckon.  "Full" is usually used to differentiate it from "Provisional", and if you pass in an automatic, many people refer to it as a "restricted" licence.  But strictly speaking there's no such licence type as "restricted", your licence just covers you for a different set of classes - notably, you'll have category "B Auto" rather than "B".

Just the same as if you've got an ordinary full car licence - you can't go off and drive an HGV, or a public bus, or even a motorbike, without taking another specific test for that class.

Ebe_Scrooge

Ditzy_Mitzy said:

yessuz said:

Question is why the hell would anyone in sane mind (and not being in super niche profession or hobby) would want to drive manual

All sorts of reasons: more control, better performance, better economy, cheaper repairs, certain cars are manual only, fun and so on.  A manual with a light clutch action is often easier to drive in traffic than an automatic, too.  

Plus, if you ever find yourself stranded with a flat battery, you can bump-start a manual, you can't do that with an automatic