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freebeard · 12-06-2018, 04:18 PM

A single-speed drivetrain needs double the horsepower rating and fat wires to carry the current at start. Toyota uses buried magnets in their AC motor to reduce the drop in torque at higher RPMs.

Here a two-speed planetary box, but it's $4K.

EVTV Motor Verks Store: Torque Box 2:1 Gear Box, Drive Train Components, torquebox

And people trying to roll their own from GM parts;

https://www.diyelectriccar.com/forum...ar-180777.html

Jaguar Land Rover is already converting owner's XKEs to electric:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Jaguar+XKE...on&t=h_&ia=web

12-06-2018, 04:18 PM	#25 (permalink)
freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 28,805 Thanks: 8,182 Thanked 8,951 Times in 7,393 Posts	A single-speed drivetrain needs double the horsepower rating and fat wires to carry the current at start. Toyota uses buried magnets in their AC motor to reduce the drop in torque at higher RPMs. Here a two-speed planetary box, but it's $4K. EVTV Motor Verks Store: Torque Box 2:1 Gear Box, Drive Train Components, torquebox And people trying to roll their own from GM parts; https://www.diyelectriccar.com/forum...ar-180777.html Jaguar Land Rover is already converting owner's XKEs to electric: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Jaguar+XKE...on&t=h_&ia=web __________________ . .Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster ____________________ . .Three conspiracy theorists walk into a bar --You can't say that is a coincidence.