Spyke
midwest.social

I didn't want to be that guy, but there's no gears to shift in an EV so you're correct there's no transmission.

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lemmy.world

Honestly feels like a fun manual gearbox. I wish that symbol wasn’t forever ruined.

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Gonzakoreply
lemmy.world

oh, yeah, in some parts of the Philippines it's the symbol of an octopus and fishermen paint it in their boats

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zigguratreply
lemmy.world

Where? I just want to learn more. What is this symbol called there

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I've 0 idea. I saw it 16 years ago on Spanish TV I'm not even sure it's even the Philippines

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lemmy.world

How does a "transmission" work in an electric vehicle?

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What joke? I didn't know how transmissions worked in EVs and now I do. People who think curiosity is worthy of ridicule guard and protect their own ignorance like a treasure.

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derangerreply
sh.itjust.works

The same way it works in any vehicle with a motor and a transmission. The motor connects to the input shaft of the transmission, runs through some gears, and the output shaft spins at a different speed from the input shaft.

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Ventreply
lemm.ee

Sure, but EVs don't have transmissions in the same way as ICE vehicles. If they have a transmission at all, it's virtually always a single-speed transmission with no gears to shift. Electric motors basically output maximum torque from 0 to some max speed, so there's no need to shift gears to keep in in a sweet spot. They just need to reduce the speed because the motor runs at a higher rpm than the tires.

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ramble81reply
lemm.ee

High performance EVs actually have multiple gears due to the sheer amount of power they can lay down. Smaller ones may not need it but you definitely need it with more powerful ones.

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You can still have multiple gears if you attach a gear box to the electric motor. Some BEVs already do that.

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While it’s rare, they do exist. Primary example being the Porsche Taycan with its 2-speed transmission.

Additionally, any EV conversion of an ICE vehicle where the electric motor is placed in front of the drivetrain can also take advantage of a transmission.

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The cybertrash has gear selectors up next to the rear view mirror, so you can just check your left breast pocket than lift ip your arm to select a gear, nothing abnormal about that

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You reached the end