Most donor vehicles have a manual transmission.
Electric conversion manual transmission.
Thursday october 15 2009.
It s not just a classic fiat 124 convertible that has undergone an electric conversion but also the first custom ev on the market to feature a manual transmission.
The person doing the conversion has a lot of choices when it comes to battery technology.
The flippening of cars happened to a tiny bit of pomp in late 2019 the first year electric cars outsold manual transmission equipped cars the first but certainly not the last right.
As the manual transmission s availability in modern cars continues to wane more and more electric cars with a single speed gearbox continue to pop up on the market.
Most production electric vehicles make do with a single speed transmission.
Thanks to a twin motor drive.
I used the transmission s flex plate to design the motor coupler which is a taper locking coupling.
The adapter plates and motor coupling can be used with the automatic or a manual transmission.
Almost always the donor vehicle is a normal gasoline powered car that gets converted to electric.
If i upscale the motor why can t i lose the transmission and clutch etc.
I don t get it.
Of course i would need to mount the motor where the tranny is now and get a part milled to connect the drive shaft to the motor.
For an electric car the.
Everyone seems to be keeping the transmission in their electric car conversions.