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9. Unless I'm mistaken...

Reply to Kennah (Reply #8)

Wed Mar 20, 2024, 02:44 PM

Mar 2024

...with an electric motor, there isnct any real need to have multiple gears, the motor itself adjusts the speed output by the speed of the motor.

Multiple gears are necessary on combustion engines because the mechanics of the engine itself has limits that need to brought down with each gear (or something like that).

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This Country, in fact the World KS Toronado Mar 2024 #6

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Have to address the transmission issues Kennah Mar 2024 #8

Unless I'm mistaken... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #9

I believe electric motors still have torque and rev limits for purposes of an automobile Kennah Mar 2024 #10

Thanks! Think. Again. Mar 2024 #11