Electric Conversion Manual Transmission

If i upscale the motor why can t i lose the transmission and clutch etc.

Electric conversion manual transmission. For an electric car the. 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. The person doing the conversion has a lot of choices when it comes to battery technology. Thanks to a twin motor drive.

Most production electric vehicles make do with a single speed transmission. 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. Almost always the donor vehicle is a normal gasoline powered car that gets converted to electric. I used the transmission s flex plate to design the motor coupler which is a taper locking coupling.

Most donor vehicles have a manual transmission. The adapter plates and motor coupling can be used with the automatic or a manual transmission. Given the acceleration possible from any dual motor tesla vehicle adding a manual transmission into the mix is choosing. 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. 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. Everyone seems to be keeping the transmission in their electric car conversions.