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Old 03-04-2013, 09:01 AM   #2 (permalink)
AndrzejM
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Few years ago I was driving VW Scirocco MKII, and I've noticed that I don't have a clutch anymore. It turned out later that the shaft that was disengaging clutch went through the bearing. Anyway I was like 300km from home so I continued driving. The only problem was a full stop situation, because I needed to use starter with first gear engaged. After that I was driving without any trouble shifting gears up and down without clutch.

It's not so hard to so if you'll listen to the engine and match engine speed to the gearbox speed at the given gear. So I don't think that clutchless setup for EV conversion will be a problem.
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