Old technology making electric cars unbeatable

Iain Kelly

Contributing Journalist

1 min read

Electric cars are getting unbelievably fast now, but they are going to get faster and go further thanks to new-tech transmissions.

Traditionally, electric cars haven't needed transmissions as it was unwanted complexity and weight. Now, EV technology has progressed to a point where the benefits of a gearbox fitted to the electric motor cannot be ignored.

Click here for the full (scientific) reasons why you will be using this tech more in the coming years.

Check out the clip underneath for a demo of some of GKN's previous tech.

Iain Kelly is the car nut behind The Creators Online.

Do you think this is what electric motors need to make the combustion engine redundant? Let us know in the comments.

Iain Kelly

Contributing Journalist

A love of classic American and European cars drove Iain Kelly to motoring journalism straight out of high school, via the ownership of a tired 1975 HJ Holden Monaro.  For nearly 20 years he has worked on magazines and websites catering to modified late model high-performance Japanese and European tuner cars, as well as traditional hot rods, muscle cars and street machines. Some of these titles include Auto Salon, LSX Tuner, MOTOR, Forged, Freestyle Rides, Roadkill, SPEED, and Street Machine. He counts his trip to the USA to help build Mighty Car Mods’ “Subarute” along with co-authoring their recent book, The Cars of Mighty Car Mods, among his career highlights.  Iain lends his expertise to CarsGuide for a variety of advice projects, along with legitimising his automotive obsession with regular OverSteer contributions. Although his practical skills working on cars is nearly all self-taught, he still loves nothing more than spending quality time in the shed working on his project car, a 1964 Pontiac. He also admits to also having an addiction to E30 BMWs and Subaru Liberty RS Turbos, both of which he has had multiple examples of. With car choices like that, at least his mum thinks he is cool.
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