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Originally Posted by freebeard
Automatics can't scan the road ahead and assess whether RPMs will be going up or down.
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This is untrue. if you turn on the cars adaptive cruise control based on your set speed, your current speed and whether or not the person in front of you is slowing down the car will choose the appropriate gear.
if you are in a prius/toyota hybrid and have radar cruise on, if the car in front of you begins to slow down, the prius will shut down the ICE.
Another example of this is with the new electric bmw i4, according to wikipedia has the following feature "adaptive mode uses GPS data and driver-assistance systems to adjust the amount of regenerative braking."
bmw also has a prototype transmission that would use gps along with other factors to predict which gear is optimal