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From: Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
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Subject: Re: Batteries - EV Conversion
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2025 18:41:26 -0700
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On 3/1/2025 5:52 PM, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
> EVs benefit from a shiftable transmission exactly the way IC vehicles
> do. The transmission minimizes current draw when torque is needed and
> minimizes voltage required when speed is needed. Their omission is a
> matter of cost control, not design optimization. The only thing they
> don't need is a clutch. The current minimzation is especially important,
> because electrical efficiency is inversely proportional to the square
> of the current draw.

You are right of course.  Maybe not exactly, but the principal is 
certainly still true.  I would not be a fan of dropping an EV motor in 
front of a Dodge automatic transmission.  I'm not even sure it would 
operate without being hooked to the Dodge computer.

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Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff

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