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Originally Posted by Jordo!
Everything follows F1 technology and, accordingly, the tech available on the very high end exotics -- standard manuals are on their way out, period.
It's final days will be spent as an economy car (or, "price saving") feature, and not a sports car feature.
Moreover, as electric motors become more common, that will kill it for good.
Fewer and fewer higher end cars even have clutch pedals as an option anymore... I give it 10 more years before it's an eco feature only.
Finally, lets not confuse control over what gear you are in vs. the way in which gear changes are actuated...
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There will always be a demand for manuals in communities like Jeeps/Mustangs/etc. People enjoy them because they are fun, not because they are sourced from some F1 team.
Electric motors may kill the transmission as a whole, but i doubt for some time. If anything it will be slow coming as they will probably adopt a merged platform like the P1 or 918, where electric motors provide AWD solution, increase mpg, and augments a motor.
Until they resolve charging times and capacity issues the gas motor wont go away due to range anxiety.