Electric vehicles still represent a small share of the overall automotive market in the US, however they are apparently more popular than vehicles purchased with a manual transmission.
Third-quarter delivery data analyzed by JD Power indicates just 1.1 percent of vehicles are still purchased with a manual gearbox in the country, while battery-powered vehicles represent nearly two percent of sales, according to
Driving
.
"[Manual transmissions] have been on a nearly century-long decline and while no rational person thinks the trend will ever reverse, it was interesting to note that only this year, after nearly a decade in market, EVs were able to surpass last century's dying technology," said JD Power VP Tyson Jominy.
https://leftlanenews.com/2019/11/01/ev-sales-outpace-manual-transmissions/
I'd be curious to see the stats in Quebec, where shoppers have historically been quite fond of cheap compacts with manual transmissions and are now moving to EVs at what's likely one of the fastest paces in North America.
I've got a 6 speed manual and am wondering what the engineers were smoking when they came up with the gear ratios. It drives like a 4 speed with two ridiculously tall overdrives.