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Old December 22nd 03, 05:46 PM
Richard Schumacher
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Default "Continuously variable" electric transmission



F1 wrote:

Unlike a gas fueled internal combustion motor, an electric motor's peak
torque is 0 rpm, so no transmission is needed. A single gearing is used for
whatever your primary speed will be.


It's still a transmission (it's transmitting power from here to there), it's
just one without any variable mechanical component.


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