Up voted because it's definitely against my opinion.

I can drive manual, have done for over twenty years. I now own an EV which doesn't have "gears". It's just a single clean line from standstill to top speed, no shifting necessary, manual nor automatic. Just press the gas and it goes.

I'm still driving. And I know how to drive manual, as I mentioned.

I'm just using other means now:

• press pedal to go forward
• release pedal to go slower/brake (*)
• press buttons to (de)activate cruise control (CC)
• press buttons to adjust CC speed
• press buttons to adjust CC front car distance
• keep track of CC deactivating if at a standstill for too long
• keep track of CC not being able to activate until over 16 km/h
• remember that using brake pedal deactivates CC so it needs to reactivate or you need to take control of the throttle manually
• button to reactivate CC at old speed rather than setting new speed
• button to activate CC at new speed rather than old speed after deactivation, if desired
• button to switch between CC lane keeping assist and manual steering

(*): this is actually harder and requires more feeling and control, because you're not really brute-force braking as with the brake pedal — it's more akin to motor braking with a combustion engine. That's the feeling. So you have to know the timing to release the pedal, and how far to release it for braking as smooth as possible. And the muscle memory of "okay motor braking isn't enough here, gotta use the actual brake pedal". And this happens very rarely so it requires more cognitive overhead with these cars.

So it's actually a lot more shit to worry about and understand than in my previous, manual shift car.

Shifting is just a product of the engine. This new engine doesn't need it, so I'm not driving now?

Bullshit. 😉