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Re:Cray versus Raspberry Pi by inkyoto on Monday June 16, 2025 @01:36AM (#44286868)
At this point, it is a historical artefact that will cease to exist soon enough.

Electric vehicles do not have gearboxes as there are no converters, so there is nothing to shift up or down. A few performance EV's that have been announced (and maybe even have released) with a gear stick, do so for nostalgic reasons and the gear shift + the accompanying experience is simulated entirely in the software.

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Re:Cray versus Raspberry Pi by zelos on Monday June 16, 2025 @07:24AM (#44288547)
The Porsche Taycan has two forward gears, but it's apparently the only EV that does: https://www.wired.com/story/electric-car-two-speed-transmiss...
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Re:Cray versus Raspberry Pi by lesny_ludek on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @02:56AM (#44296366)
New Mercedes CLA has that too
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Re:Cray versus Raspberry Pi by pjmlp on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @01:49AM (#44296086)
At the rate EV are being sold in Europe, that soon enough is a couple of decades away.

I certainly don't plan to buy anything but hybrids, until EV prices and ranges are at comparable levels.

Our current hybrid has a six gear box.

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