So trying to figure out why electrical engine only needs a single gear while a combustion engines needs multiple gears. Cant wrap my head around it for some reason
EDIT: Thanks for all the explanation, but now another question popped up in my head. Would there ever be a point of having a manual electric car? I’ve heard rumors of Toyota registering a patent for a system which would mimic a manual transmission, but through all this conversation I assume there’s really no point?
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Gas only explodes at one speed; its usefulness in a variable speed engine is only optimal at one specific RPM, and is ineffective outside a particular range. So transmissions had to be invented. OTOH, electric engine speed varies linearly with voltage (though creating that voltage, a separate issue, eventually becomes impractical).
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