• Kleysley@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    What about a car with an electrity-powered engine but with an actual manual transmission? Like, just replacing the combuation engine with an electric one…

    • steb@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      There’s no reason to do that with an electric motor (as far as I know). It would only reduce the efficiency. Maybe it’s something that the car enthusiasts could get on board with though?

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        1 year ago

        It’s not completely pointless, e.g. the Taycan has a two-speed transmission: One to have ludicrous torque to start rolling, the other to be more efficient at higher RPMs. Most EVs aren’t Porsches, though, and Taycans aren’t stick-shift.