Eh, you'll have to convince me. The losses in a gearbox are fairly unavoidable, they're just less efficient. Cars and motorcycles have had a loooooooong time to perfect transmissions, and they're still pretty loss-y. Which doesn't matter as much when you've got a throttle and a pile of horsepower, but matters quite a bit when you're powering it with meat. And it overlooks one of the really nice parts of this new drivetrain - shifting under full load.
March 21, 2023, 11:13 a.m. - Cooper Quinn
Eh, you'll have to convince me. The losses in a gearbox are fairly unavoidable, they're just less efficient. Cars and motorcycles have had a loooooooong time to perfect transmissions, and they're still pretty loss-y. Which doesn't matter as much when you've got a throttle and a pile of horsepower, but matters quite a bit when you're powering it with meat. And it overlooks one of the really nice parts of this new drivetrain - shifting under full load.