Toyota Develops New Control System That Learns Driver's Gear-Shifting Intentions

According to foreign media reports, Toyota is developing a new gear-shift control system that responds more precisely to driver inputs and can even remember the driver's shifting intentions. Automatic transmissions with manual shifting capability have existed for decades. Over the past ten years, systems like Porsche and Volkswagen’s Tiptronic—using paddle shifters to provide near-complete control over torque-converter automatic transmissions—have become widely adopted across most vehicle models.