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Originally Posted by MetroMPG

That's good context. Any idea what average would be?

The Solectria Force Geo cars also all used custom single speed gearboxen.

I couldn't really get away with it in the low power ForkenSwift... well maybe I could (the Citicars were all single speed 48 volts). But I like to have the ability to downshift to keep amps low when cruising (or climbing very steep stuff at low speed), and upshifting when I want more power.

I actually do use all 5 gears - but mostly 2 & 3 with a bit of 4 once in a while. I could probably get away with just 2, 3 & reverse. Wonder what kind of difference it would make...

I don't think I posted in this thread, I think I missed it altogether, but when I was into dirt track racing, one of the first things we'd do with the Borg/Warner T5's was remove all but 2/3. Didn't need the rest, only needed 2 to start, and 3 after the first corner.