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• chakan2@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Uh…what? How does a manual transmission work on a direct drive motor?

  (And if you really want to do that, drop an electric crate engine in an 80s muscle car. I’m strongly considering it)

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  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Don’t apply physics to a wishlist. That’s not how wishing works. I’m aware it’s not possible, but stick shift is just fun to drive.

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    • Letme@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Of course it’s possible, electric conversion kits have been around for decades, and only work with manual transmissions. We just need the battery and charging tech applied to conversion kits. Who wants to start up an EV conversion kit company with me?

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      • Zron@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I would love to convert my car to an electric, but it’s an automatic so I’d have to spend as much as a new car to convert it.

        A drop in ECU replacement and motor/battery would be great, but I doubt the auto industry or the government is going to allow the sale of third party drop in ECUs.

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      • bluewing@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The issue is the complexity of the bespoke design of drive trains. It’s nigh on impossible to design a “one size fits all” or even “fits a majority” of solutions for a conversion kit that isn’t stupidly expensive.

        See: Edison Motors. A Canadian heavy haul truck manufacturer startup that is trying to offer electric conversions for commercial light and medium duty trucks.

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    • futatorius@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m sure, for a price, someone could set you up with a placebo stick shift.

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  • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    just dont make it direct drive. boom.

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    • chakan2@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And lose all that instant torque. No thanks.

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      • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        thatd be the case for all conversions on old cars that i know of tho

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    • stringere@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      oi look at the brain on this one!

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      • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        behold 🧠

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  • CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The 80s famously didn’t have any muscle cars due to the gas shortages of the 1970s, new emissions standards, and burgeoning popularity of Japanese imports.

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