Comments on: Are there any Hybrid/Electric cars that are 6 speed manual? http://ecotransfers.com/blog/2007/09/are-there-any-hybridelectric-cars-that-are-6-speed-manual/ Renewable energy transformations Thu, 13 Jan 2011 06:40:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lozza http://ecotransfers.com/blog/2007/09/are-there-any-hybridelectric-cars-that-are-6-speed-manual/#comment-361 Lozza Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:25:04 +0000 http://ecotransfers.com/blog/2007/09/are-there-any-hybridelectric-cars-that-are-6-speed-manual/#comment-361 Electric motors tend not to have gears, as they can run from 1RPM (unlike internal combustion engines which idle around 1000RPM) all the way to higher RPMs needed to get a car going at a descent speeed. Electric motors tend not to have gears, as they can run from 1RPM (unlike internal combustion engines which idle around 1000RPM) all the way to higher RPMs needed to get a car going at a descent speeed.

]]> By: Dana1981, Master of Science http://ecotransfers.com/blog/2007/09/are-there-any-hybridelectric-cars-that-are-6-speed-manual/#comment-360 Dana1981, Master of Science Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:09:16 +0000 http://ecotransfers.com/blog/2007/09/are-there-any-hybridelectric-cars-that-are-6-speed-manual/#comment-360 There is a 5-speed manual electric car: But currently no other manual hybrids or electrics that I'm aware of. The thing is that while making a transmission manual improves mileage for internal combustion engines, generally that's not the case for electric motors. There is a 5-speed manual electric car:

But currently no other manual hybrids or electrics that I’m aware of. The thing is that while making a transmission manual improves mileage for internal combustion engines, generally that’s not the case for electric motors.

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