gearboxes

Gearboxes actually look like *, but o is also being used for gearboxes, albeit gearboxes that are just there to drain power.

If so they don't need gearboxes for that they could manually control the electronics control of the engine.

Some earlier electric cars had multi-speed gearboxes, but that was back when electric cars had brush-type DC motors.

There are lots of existing, inexpensive, gearboxes you can buy that would give you the torque you need.

Good news is that there have been significant reliability gains in the gearboxes, generators, and electrical systems.

The tradeoff for this was that this year they've got 8-speed gearboxes compared to last year's 7.

F1 cars use sequential gearboxes, which aren't the same as automatic (actually, they're different from typical manual transmissions as well).

Once additional kit like gearboxes are introduced, the drive system efficiency is no better than a direct-drive low speed diesel.

You know, gearboxes need oil as well, like every regular car/device with moving gear.

There's a whole industry around driving controllers (steering wheels, seats, gearboxes, breaks and pedals).

That leaves the option of manufacturers of gearboxes wanting electric cars to use them.

Both the Roadster and the Model S use a single gear to change their final drive ratio, so they do have gearboxes, technically.

The true assembler equivalent candidate for gearboxes is the infamous "Zwischengas" or double clutch on unsynchronised manual transmissions.

I found a test plan for this on the old 5 series [1] BMW say the engine should return to idle speed "immediately." The wiring diagrams imply that for this car, the electronic throttle was only applied to cars with automatic gearboxes and traction controls, the benefit here being that the electronic throttle can act to limit engine power during gearbox shifting or during intervention of the traction control.

Obviously, torque availability at 0 rpm with a flat curve is the notable difference, but remember that launch control in the BMW will also occur at peak power RPMs with a clutch or torque converter taking up the difference in road "RPMs", so it's not that dissimilar a comparison at least in regard to the strength of gearboxes, half-shafts, differentials, axles, CV joints, et cetera.

Gearboxes that shift in the blink in an eye may have come from F1, but the technology between them is radically different.