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Re:The end of the manual transmission is near? by sokoloff on Thursday August 25, 2022 @07:41AM (#32592358)
That’s contrary to electric motor theory and to the dyno test that I linked above. The power curve is much flatter than the torque curve.

https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/02/29007...

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Re:The end of the manual transmission is near? by zaarn on Friday August 26, 2022 @04:24AM (#32604650)
Not sure what your point there is? EVs are still fixed-gear ratio and provide maximum torque over the entire range. The graph you linked just shows that?
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