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This is also a good summary with links to some power curves: https://www.reddit.com/r/electricvehicles/comments/yohycz/why_dont_evs_have_transmissions/ https:/
by stetrain 4y ago
This is also a good summary with links to some power curves:
https://www.reddit.com/r/electricvehicles/comments/yohycz/why_dont_evs_have_transmissions/ https://www.reddit.com/r/electricvehicles/comments/yohycz/wh...
And some more here https://x-engineer.org/ev-design-electric-motor/ https://x-engineer.org/ev-design-electric-motor/
Basically EVs have such a flat power curve to such high RPMs that a single speed really does cover most use cases. Two speeds can help if you are chasing performance.
Any more gears than that and I think you are just adding an artificial game for the driver to play.