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If you put a manual gearbox in it, I bet a single bad shift would tear it apart with all that torque at low RPM. Also would probably kill the clutch unless you

• kazinator 7y ago
  > it is hard to shift when you can't hear the engine RPM. A third-rate hardware tinkerer could come up with a circuit that makes a motorboating sound from a speaker at the engine RPM. That could be heard just during shifting activity, like when the clutch is out. > Also would probably kill the clutch. It would require a special clutch design. The clutch is not needed when starting, of course, because since the motor can generate torque right from zero RPM, the transmission can be engaged. A clutch mechanism needed when changing gears due to the mismatch in speeds that needs to be bridged. The existing two-speeder must have something serving as a clutch, just not a manually operated one. Speaking at torque at zero RPM; can't that be modulated down somehow? Surely there must be some way of managing the motor to bring in torque gently. This must be happening already, right? I mean, electric cars don't burn rubber each time they get moving. > I don't think manual gearboxes are any stronger than a well built automatic That's easy; just define the requirements for "well built" so that it is so, and don't care about weight, size, and other things. The automatic transmission from a bus is probably stronger than the manual in an econobox car.