But they have awesome acceleration without making much noise.
They haven't a transmission in the classical sense and they are of course without clutch technology.
While internal combustion engines require multiple gears with different ratios for power output, electric motors produce a consistent amount of torque at any given RPM within a specific range. Electric motors deliver power instantly, meaning, the process of building up torque through revving as in internal combustion engines is unnecessary. Car manufacturers incorporate carefully calculated gear ratios to maximize efficiency for the electric motor without having to switch through gears.
Cool! You can accelerate fast and wear your battery out at an insane rate because... no clue.
noise
Gas cars don't make much noise either unless modified for that specific purpose.
Cool! You can accelerate fast and wear your battery out at an insane rate because... no clue.
Electrical motors are pretty linear AFAIK, so it won't hurt battery life much unless you slow down in between.
Gas cars don't make much noise either unless modified for that specific purpose.
Or if you drive manual and don't shift up soon enough.
Electrical motors are pretty linear AFAIK,
How is that meaningfully relevant? Like at all. Gas is linear too. Burn 1 gallon gas create X energy. The means of use and how it's used are the important details. And (((EV)))s are terrible at this part. The creating power is exponential. To go from 0-10 takes X power. To go from 90-100 takes exponentially more power but it's the same increase in speed. Batteries get absolutely destroyed if power draw exceeds some insanely small amount. Additionally. Batteries experience significant wear while not in use but under temperatures that exceed some nominally above average number as well as marginally below average number. Then there's the fault of "overcharging" or "undercharging". Both of which are obvious by name, but aren't real obvious at all. If you charge your (((tesla))) to 100% you damage the battery severely. If you use it to below (I think here) 30% you damage the battery severely. I posted an explanation of all of this from an owners' mouth but I can't find it now...
Or if you drive manual and don't shift up soon enough.
Okay so... Bad things happen if you don't do things properly? WOW!!! SHOCK!
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