BMW announced it will introduce a seven-speed manual transmission sometime in the next year.
The company will apply for the patent. They aren't the only ones, other automakers are looking to acquire similar technology of seven-speed manual transmission. And going by the available images of the seven-speed manual transmission technology, it clearly indicates that it has gears 1 through 6 as normal rations and the 7th gear comes with a long ratio for improved fuel economy.
Auto experts opine that the "seven-speed manual transmission has advantage in terms of efficiency due to their wider range of gear rations."
BMW intends to incorporate more gears in its models in the coming years. Sources reveal, the BMW is experimenting on introducing 7,8 and 9 gears in its upcoming models which will be exhibited in the international auto exhibitions.
"The technology can be used on a traditional manual transmission with up to 8 gears. The driver rows his own gears as usual (and he uses a clutch pedal) but the computerized shifting module described above allows the driver to shift into proper gears while blocking dangerous gears, thus avoiding mechanical over-revs (the "money shift") for a manual transmission with so many gears," reads the design proposal from the BMW.
The latest advanced seven-speed manual transmission has titled as "Shift by wire" which describes of the most unique combination of two worlds such as it omits the clutch pedal.
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