Does an electric vehicle have a gear stick?

[RicketyRick]

Take note of how the driver shifts gears using the gear stick in the Land Rover EV commercial (the white car getting dirty).

Is my ageing brain causing me to miss something? I thought EVs were one-drive only.

[RicketyRick]

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[LunaCraze]

An electric vehicle's PRND (park, reverse, neutral, drive) selector is required. B or levels of regeneration are two examples of the supplementary sub-modes found in many. The old Nissan e-NV200, at least, has a gear-lever control that allows you to engage PRNDB (the parking lock is linked to P mechanically, and a solenoid interlock prevents you from accidentally engaging R). Those coming from internal combustion engine (ICE) driving experiences should find the EV easier to adapt to.

[LunaCraze]

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[TheCreakyChair]

Not all single-speeders are the same; for example, some modern Mercedes models feature dual-speed transmissions (automatic rather than shiftable).

I feel at ease using my Polestar 2 because it has a feature that resembles a gear lever, as seen on an automobile.

[SundayShoes]

For the time being, I will stalk you while you are behind the wheel.
Besides that, I would be completely turned off.
A column-mounted "gear" stick is standard on the new Suzuki eSky, but it's clearly an unnecessary holdover from the kei gasoline vehicle.
Surely even an electric four-wheel drive vehicle could have a wheel-mounted button?

[BeardAndBeans]

While Mercedes has eliminated the start button in favour of an automatic second gear that kicks in at higher speeds, all you have to do to get going is flick the stalk while pressing down on the brake pedal. The paddles are still used to set the regen, but once a level is set, it remains even after the car is turned off.

[Hypabl]

I was under the impression that off-road-focused electric vehicles would feature a gearshift for shifting between driving modes, such as hill descent, crawl, locking out the (perhaps virtual) differential, and others. Naturally, in addition to park and reverse.

I am unsure of the location of those controls on Land Rover's BEV.

[Startle]

I have to confess that I prefer the "pseudo gear lever" on my previous Outlander—which was used to shift into Drive or Reverse—to the rotary dial on my MG4. Surprisingly, it's not easy to put the MG4 into Neutral without accidentally shifting into reverse.