Wired article about a manual transmission in an electric vehicle

Tuxedo · 11-15-2020, 11:31 AM

I love manuals and I love the purr of my inline 6 on a country mile drive. maybe the silent whirr of EV and a MT is a great idea.

https://www.wired.com/story/aston-ma...shift-manual/?

HuskerFan85 · 11-15-2020, 12:22 PM

IIRC a manual on an electric would best just a stick with no movement, since there are no gears.

freakystyly · 11-15-2020, 02:36 PM

It just adds more moving parts, but electric can benefit from a gearbox the same way an ICE car can. It just may not be as practical.

The Taycan has a 2 speed gearbox for instance. High & Low.

ex. If you can get to 150mph @ 18,000rpm in first gear why do you need a 2nd? Autobahn, track and bragging rights I guess?

Efthreeoh · 11-15-2020, 05:03 PM

Makes zero sense. Stupid article.

If ICE cars have done away with the manual because the take up rate is 2%, and with turbos, most engines have flatter torque curves now automatics are better suited to turbo engines, building a second transmission that needs to be crash tested makes no economic sense.

Being electric motors have flat torque curves, geared transmissions are unnecessary right off the bat. No manufacturer is going to add the option due to the expense. Plus a manual transmission would reduce fuel efficiency in an EV, which is exactly not needed.

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HuskerFan85 Private 17 Rep 91 Posts Drives: 4 wheels Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: ATL iTrader: (0)	IIRC a manual on an electric would best just a stick with no movement, since there are no gears.
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freakystyly Colonel 3626 Rep 2,019 Posts Drives: F22 B58 6MT Join Date: May 2016 Location: Ontario iTrader: (0)	It just adds more moving parts, but electric can benefit from a gearbox the same way an ICE car can. It just may not be as practical. The Taycan has a 2 speed gearbox for instance. High & Low. ex. If you can get to 150mph @ 18,000rpm in first gear why do you need a 2nd? Autobahn, track and bragging rights I guess? Last edited by freakystyly; 11-15-2020 at 02:48 PM..
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Efthreeoh General 19194 Rep 19,722 Posts Drives: The E90 + Z4 Coupe & Z3 R'ster Join Date: May 2012 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	Makes zero sense. Stupid article. If ICE cars have done away with the manual because the take up rate is 2%, and with turbos, most engines have flatter torque curves now automatics are better suited to turbo engines, building a second transmission that needs to be crash tested makes no economic sense. Being electric motors have flat torque curves, geared transmissions are unnecessary right off the bat. No manufacturer is going to add the option due to the expense. Plus a manual transmission would reduce fuel efficiency in an EV, which is exactly not needed. __________________ A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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