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With E-Throttles, meeting emissions with manuals is perfectly doable. All MTs nowadays have delayed throttle response and throttle over-run on lift-off to meet emissions requirements.
And if you have a shift light programmed for economy, you can overcome the inherent handicap manuals have on the EPA economy testing regimen (set shift points).
The biggest issue is designing and engineering two different drivetrains when one won't sell very well... which is probably why they're dropping the MT.
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