Why are more and more cars using electronic gear lever? Cool appearance, really better than mechanical gear lever?

With the progress of science and technology, the car above the accessories are also constantly being upgraded, from the previous manual gear launched the current automatic mode. And many automobile gear lever from the electronic gear lever to replace the mechanical gear lever. For example, BMW's "big chicken legs", Mercedes-Benz's pocket gear design, are a form of electronic gear lever. In today's models, the use of electronic gear lever most of the models I'm afraid is not Mercedes-Benz, since the United States SUVs use electronic gear lever, Mercedes-Benz will carry it forward, and now the electronic gear lever has become a symbol of the identity of Mercedes-Benz.

Mercedes-Benz and BMW two big German cars will be electronic gear lever to flourish, followed by China's domestic cars are not behind people, regardless of his tens of thousands of dollars of the car, are all added to the electronic gear lever, looks forced to immediately rise a few level. electronic gear lever has also become the direction of the development of the modern car, the appearance of the cool electronic gear lever really than the traditional mechanical gear lever good?

The biggest difference between an electronic gear lever and a mechanical gear lever is that the component responsible for shifting gears has a direct mechanical connection to the gearbox; if it does, it's a mechanical gear lever, and if it does, it's an electronic gear lever. Compared to a traditional mechanical gear stick, an electronic gear stick has a number of buttons on it that act as controls for the transmission to make the shifts. There are some differences in the way that many modern cars use electronic gear shifters today, such as Jaguar, Land Rover, and Ford using knob shifters, Lamborghini, Honda, and Lincoln using pushbutton shifters, and most sporty cars using the very common shift paddles.

The electronic shifter has a lot of advantages over the traditional mechanical shifter. First of all, the electronic gear lever structure is much simpler than the complex wiring of the mechanical gear lever. Electronic gear lever without the complex mechanical structure, only need to arrange the switch, lay the line, save the area occupied by the transmission, for the whole car layout, lightweight and so on play an excellent role, give the front of the car more storage space.

Secondly, the electronic gear lever is more convenient to operate compared to the traditional mechanical gear lever. Mechanical gear lever because a long time to switch between P, N, D gears, inside the mechanical transmission device for the traditional gears, which need to be designed to consider lubrication and other issues, otherwise it is easy to jam the phenomenon. The electronic gear lever will push the process is simplified to touch switch general operation, to get a clear sense of operation, only need to adjust the internal damping can be, than the mechanical gear lever is much more convenient.

Finally, the flexible operation of the electronic gear lever also brings a greater sense of security for the car. Because of the compact size and flexible shape of the electronic gear lever, the owner only needs to press the button when shifting rather than looking down at the gear and then push, reducing the magnitude of the driver looking down at the gear and moving his hands, allowing the driver to operate with more focus. For some novices who are not familiar with the gears, it can also avoid dangerous accidents caused by improper operation of the car owner mistakenly shifting gears, and its advantages are obvious.

But nothing is perfect, and the electronic gear lever is no exception. Compared to mechanical shifters, the reliability of electronic shifters is a little less than perfect. Because of the lightweight design, some drivers are unable to identify the current gear through the gear lever position row, but only through the dashboard lights, electronic display and other ways to observe, but also easily lead to the wrong operation. But the flaws are not hidden, with the development of the times, the electronic gear lever has also become the direction of the development of the car, the future may completely replace the mechanical gear lever.

This article comes from the authors of Automotive House Car, and does not represent the viewpoint position of Automotive House.