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No real need for more gears in most cases, coupled with the fact that gearboxes are an efficiency drain, and that’s no good in an EV.
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Because they don’t need to change..
Oooh
No real need for more gears in most cases, coupled with the fact that gearboxes are an efficiency drain, and that’s no good in an EV.
God I’ve missed napolean dynamite
Doesnt rimac have 8 speed flappy paddle?
I figured if they had gearboxes you could at least give it revs and hear varying whining
KOZ whirrrr
Y tho