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Technically, that's not true. An electric motor does not produce the same amount of torque from 0 to full speed, it's just flatter than ICE and it's harder to build a transmission for it.
Tesla originally had planned a two-speed transmission that would not only improve launch speeds but add range. Here's a good article that discusses it.
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If so, put a 400 hp electric motor in front of a GM PowerGlide and it would be off faster than the Seattle real-estate market. BTW: that was an awfully young Jason Fenske in the video in the article. Actually, I'm just doing my best imitation of an EV fanboi. But, it's where we're going and, as much as I've enjoyed 60 years of building, racing, and breaking (rinse/repeat) IC engines, I'm sorta looking forward to it.
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Chevy should take the Bolt, ramp up the power and make a sports coupe (instead of, ugm whatever the current one would be called) out of it. They could even reuse a name from the past and call it a chEVette.
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The problem with BEVs is that the maximum power output is directly limited by battery capacity. There is a %discharge/time limit.
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edit: It would be ideal with the torque curve of an electric motor.
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@Scoobs Thanks mucho for the video. It was a lot of fun and brought back memories of the 70s.
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Random question that doesn't really fit a subforum.
Yesterday I drove through a parking garage in the middle of the day with my lights set to auto. So in the dark garage they turned on, and when I exited it to park outside in the bright sunlight it took forever for the lights to automatically turn off, such that backing into a space was a pain in the ass because bright sunlight + head unit set to dim when lights are on + back of the space in shadow. But I remember when I rented 86's in Japan and would drive through tunnels on the expressway the lights would turn off nearly immediately upon exiting into sunlight. Do different countries spec their light sensitivities differently for auto lights?
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i don't think so. just generally differences in the sunlight angle. if the sun was setting, it'd create a shadow on the sensor, which would keep the lights on.
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Also might depend on how long the lights were on in the first place.
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by the time i'd be done patching it, it'd be a 96,97,00,02,05 ranger...
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