Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 10:02pm
If you trawl around patent databases long enough, you’ll spot something interesting from time to time. This time around, it comes from Subaru, and it might change the dynamic of performance EVs should the company push through and actually build it.
Forget simulated gear shifts (sorry, Ioniq 5 N, we still love you), Subaru is thinking of a way to add a true manual mode to battery-powered vehicles, clutch and all. Spotted first by CarBuzz, the patent was recently published at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (you can look it up using patent no. 20260021713), so Subaru is already calling dibs on the idea for potential mass production.
