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• throwaway0a5e 5y ago
  Yes there's a couple two speeds out there (I think we'll see more as EVs replace heavier vehicles) A single speed transmission can only really be called a transmission in a universe where cows are spherical.
  • vidanay 5y ago
    It transmits torque from one axis to another axis, so....yeah it's a transmission.
    • throwaway0a5e 5y ago
      In no wheeled vehicle context is a simple gearbox that cannot engage/disengage, change speed or change direction referred to as a transmission. Yes, it's a textbook correct terminology but completely irrelevant anywhere else (hence my comment about spherical cows)
      • klyrs 5y ago
        If we're going to get technical, the transmission of a vehicle is everything that exists between the motor and wheels. Americans tend to think of the gearbox when referring to a car's transmission; much like we call a computer a CPU and we also refer to a single chip inside the computer a CPU. A gearbox with two gears is still a gearbox. I'm still waiting for the ultimate EV that's got 4 in-hub direct drive motors. Until then, we're stuck with transmissions.
        • 3pt14159 5y ago
          > I'm still waiting for the ultimate EV that's got 4 in-hub direct drive motors. Total aside, I know, but man would that would be awesome.
          • voqv 5y ago
            FYI: https://deepdrive.tech/ https://deepdrive.tech/ Albeit currently only rear wheel drive inhub.
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