07-03-2023, 01:09 PM
(07-03-2023, 09:05 AM)Mike Watterson Wrote: A hybrid needs a regular gearbox, which could be manual, automatic or DAF variomatic, but surely a purely electric vehicle could be designed without gears, though traditionally many electric motor powered things have gearboxes, even if only a set of pulleys and a belt.
That's not always the case.
My Mitzi doesn't have a "regular gearbox" as such even though all the Car magazines claims it has a CVT.
It does have a series of clutches and fixed ratio gearing.
Watch this video to get a better understanding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ__5-V6CTI
I haven't driven an electric vehicle with a variable gearbox although they do have Diffs and fixed gears ratios.
The video is for the older version my 2019 model works the same way but has everything uprated, bigger battery, bigger (Atkinson cycle) engine etc.
Cheers
Mike T
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