Re:Winter chills limit range of the Tesla Model S electric car
by seanalltogether on Sunday February 17, 2013 @01:46AM
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The slowest speed in the highest gear will give you the most bang for your buck. I'm not sure what kind of gearing the tesla has though since electric motors are very different beasts to standard combustion engines.
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Re:Winter chills limit range of the Tesla Model S electric car
by moultano on Sunday February 17, 2013 @01:47AM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Roadster#Transmission
It's a fixed gear, so this is actually plausible.
Re:Winter chills limit range of the Tesla Model S electric car
by karolist on Sunday February 17, 2013 @04:30AM
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In internal combustion engines with manual transmission be sure not to overdo that, high gear and very low RPMs are bad for the engine/transmission due to high load and minimal oil lubrication, it's also not efficient on fuel, there were local magazine tests done, but I don't have references now sorry.
On an automatic transmission the transmission control module will figure out the gear for you at given conditions (won't let you get too low in the same gear) and what you say will be true.