Car part set to disappear from vast majority of UK vehicles by 2030 (opens original article in a new tab)

A study suggests manual gearboxes could disappear from UK roads by 2030 as all new cars will be sold with automatic transmissions, driven by the rise of electric and hybrid vehicles.

• Manual gearboxes could be extinct on UK roads by 2030 according to a study by Vehicle Data Global (VDG)
• All new cars in the UK will be sold with automatic transmissions by 2030
• Diesel engines are expected to be phased out due to declining demand
• Electric and hybrid cars, which typically use automatic transmissions, are driving the decline of manual gearboxes
• Automatic technology has improved, often providing better fuel efficiency than older manual models