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The Reason Why Lamborghini Will Never Build A Manual Transmission Car Again

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1 year ago

August 17, 2022

By January 2014, very few Gallardos were ordered with a manual gearbox — so few, in fact, that AutoGuide quoted company CEO Stephan Winkelmann as saying that the automaker’s team would have to double-check with the dealership from which the order was received to make sure the manual transmission request wasn’t an error.

Besides the lack of demand for cars with a manual transmission, Lamborghini’s advanced driving tech starting with the Huracán also warranted complete control over the vehicle, and the manual use of a clutch could potentially cause disharmony. In 2016, Reggiani said in an interview with Road & Track that engaging the clutch “creates a hole in the communication between what the engine is able to provide and how the car reacts to the power of the engine.”

The executive also said during the interview that even though the decision to drop the manual transmission option wasn’t easy, the automatic chassis control systems on newer Lambos meant there wasn’t really any other option. “If you want to control the power, the clutch must be under the control of the brain of the car, not your brain,” Reggiani said.

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DJI Mini 4 Pro Waypoint Flight Explained: How It Works (And Why Its A Gamechanger)

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29 mins ago

October 3, 2023

Francisco Peguero

DJI Mini 4 Pro has a feature called waypoint flight that allows the device to fly a pre-determined route time and time again — here's why that's important.

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This Wild Nissan EV Concept Is Blowing Our Minds

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3 hours ago

October 3, 2023

Francisco Peguero

Nissan stated that a crucial feature of this concept EV is its Vehicle to Home (V2H) function. As the name suggests, the vehicle can store extra power and transfer it to the owner’s home, presumably via Tesla’s NACS standard. Nissan believes this would result in reduced strain on the power grid and also have noticeable savings in energy costs. Nissan also noted that the Hyper Urban could send power to the grid for the community and earn the owner money back for doing so. Its Intelligent Charging Management System also features AI, which can divert and manage power efficiently.

The Japan-based manufacturer wants Hyper Urban to retain its value even after it’s driven off the lot, something the Nissan Leaf struggles to accomplish. To do this, the company said it would provide hardware and software updates for many years. It would also allow customers to upgrade their instrument panels and graphic UI in the interior to stay current. But as for now, the interior is likely futuristic enough for most people with its kaleidoscopic triangle design. Nissan also wants the vehicle to feel like a living room with its foldable backseat and ample leg space to relax. While lying down, the driver and passenger can extend a middle screen in the center console to watch media.

There are three more of these digital character-based concept cars being announced. The release dates for them are October 10, 17, and 19.

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How To Make Your iPhone 15 Pro’s Action Button Do Nearly Anything

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4 hours ago

October 3, 2023

Francisco Peguero

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The iPhone 15 series is officially out, and one of the features it introduced is specific to the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max models. That’s the Action Button, a button placed above the volume controls that replaces the ringer mute switch that had been on every iPhone throughout the product line’s history since its launch in 2007. Out of the box, it defaults to being a new version of the mute switch, one that uses a long press to toggle which mode it’s in and a short press to get an on-screen confirmation of what mode it’s in.

What’s available to you becomes clearer if you go to the Action Button menu of the Settings app. There, you’ll find a toggle to switch the functionality from the mute switch to toggling a focus mode like Do Not Disturb on and off, launching the camera app in the mode of your choice, turning the flashlight on and off, recording a voice memo, activating the magnifier, a custom shortcut, toggling one of several accessibility options, and No Action. That Shortcut option is where things get particularly interesting.

For the uninitiated, the Shortcuts app on the iPhone allows you to chain various functions together, including across different apps, all using a single command. And now, with the Action Button? Its power can be unleashed by a single hardware button press. So, how do you set it up?

Setting up Shortcuts to tie to the Action Button

To be able to use the Action Button to launch a shortcut on your phone, you need to create the desired chain of events in the Shortcuts app first. To do this;

Download and install Shortcuts from the App Store if it’s not already on your phone.
Launch the Shortcuts app.
Tap the (+) sign button in the top-right corner of the screen.
When prompted to Add an Action, which will be the first step in the chain of events triggered by the Shortcut, either pick one from the pre-generated Action Suggestions list or choose to create a new one.
From there, select Second Action and Beyond to add steps as needed.
After you’ve sufficiently laid out what you want the Shortcut to do, tap Done.
If you’d like to change the name of your new Shortcut, tap and hold the Shortcut’s icon and then select Rename.

To tie the new Shortcut to the Action Button, it’s pretty simple: