Comments by "David Elliott" (@davidelliott5843) on "Why Do Electric Cars Only Have 1 Gear?" video.

  1. The imperial systems keep going because they work on human scale and for normal tasks they make the arithmetic very easy. Of course for engineering tasks they make the maths really hard and error-prone hence the switch to SI units.
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  2. You never see any double declutch or rev blips on downshifts on the films - because the actors cant do them properly.
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  3. Three speeds could be done with an upscaled hub gearbox. Same principle as a Sturmey Archer bicycle hub gear. They are quiet but extremely efficient. Come on Formula E lets have some out of the box thinking.
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