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Originally Posted by bennelson
A couple summers ago, I got to drive a Solectria Force Geo Metro conversion. The body was that of an automatic transmission. I don't recall exactly what it had for a transmission in it.
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What do you mean the body was that of an automatic? You mean it was a sedan?
As far as I know, the Solectrias had a single speed custom transaxle. Don't need gears with a 12 or 14k RPM AC motor.
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What is required for an automatic transmission to run?
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Assuming it's old school, you just have to turn the input shaft to build up fluid pressure. More modern computerized transmissions need all kinds of sensor & ECU input to work well. (Not an issue with the Metro).
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Could this be a decent EV conversion?
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Auto EV's have been done. There's an automatic Metro sedan conversion under way on YouTube:
Personally I don't like the idea of a conventional automatic in an EV. Even if it only costs you a 5% efficiency loss, that's too much. :P