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> There's no oil in electric motors. Many EVs use hybrid water/oil cooling, typically water for the stator and oil mist/spray for the rotor and exposed parts o
by formerly_proven 18d ago
> There's no oil in electric motors.
Many EVs use hybrid water/oil cooling, typically water for the stator and oil mist/spray for the rotor and exposed parts of the windings.
- angry_octet 18d agoPlaying with semantics. Oil isn't lubricating anything. There is grease in the bearings and the gearbox.
- formerly_proven 18d agoI doubt there's ever been a production car that used grease in the gearbox. Not outside the 1890s, anyway.
- angry_octet 16d agoWhatever buddy.