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NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

EV already have much smaller gearboxes, because they don’t need to shift.

Now they need 4 of them, not just 1.

Such a gain in weight :-)

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sunbeam60@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
This isn’t a gearbox. It’s a means of transferring power to the wheel, while having the electric engine sitting right next to the wheel.

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- NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  
  This isn’t a gearbox.
  
  Then it’s the replacement for one.
  
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  - sunbeam60@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    No not really either, at least no more than the gearing in an electric car is a gearbox.
    
    A gear box deals with shifting between different gearing factors. This isn’t the case here. Yes, the pace of the engine is geared, fixed, to the pace of the wheel, but that’s the same in an electric car.
    
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    NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    
    at least no more than the gearing in an electric car is a gearbox.
    
    what I said, smartdonkey.
    
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