Why might the manual gearbox return in some performance EVs?

2019 Hyundai Veloster N - Best Car To Buy 2020With a handful of exceptions, most electric vehicles don’t have (or need) multi-speed transmissions. According to some well-respected EV engineers and executives, they may even detract from performance. As such, a performance EV is an odd place to see a manual gearbox. Yet a couple of experiments have cropped up recently, suggesting automakers are…
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