It's been a long time since any production cars have used 2-speed automatic transmissions. With a new 2-speed transmission for electric cars, German supplier ZF Friedrichshafen is turning back the ...

Electric motors have a pretty wide rev range, they produce a bunch of torque at low rpm and they're sufficiently efficient across that rev band. For that reason, most EVs make do with a single-speed ...

Porsche just reaffirmed that the Taycan will have a 2-speed rear transaxle when it comes to final production. What improvement in acceleration times and range should we expect with this more complex ...

It seems Volkswagen won't be following Porsche or Mercedes-Benz into the arena of multi-speed transmissions for EVs. On Thursday at the 2024 Los Angeles auto show Kai Grünitz, head of global research ...

When it comes to EVs, transmissions have got nowhere near as much attention as electric motors. After all, there’s nothing fascinating about single-speed gearboxes. Well, things may be about to change ...

Most electric vehicles today are equipped with a single-speed transmission since most electric powertrains can deliver full torque at zero RPM. But now Kreisel wants to introduce multi-speed ...

Electric vehicles have been a reality for more than 100 years, but it's only in the last decade or so that the world has truly woken up to their potential as a viable, cleaner urban transport ...