, and not only because drivers sit on different sides of the car. If British drivers want to drive a car with a manual transmission once they’ve passed their test they need to sit that test in a manual-equipped car. But the increasingly popularity of the electric car means that added complication might soon be a thing of the past.
But where many low and medium-priced cars in the UK are still available with a choice of manual or paddle-shift transmissions, the growing popularity of electric vehicles means more and more Brits will be learning in cars that don’t require them to show understanding of how to use a clutch or change gears.