Fisker Karma to deliver Veyron levels of performance thanks to new gearbox

Fisker Automotive is working on a new gearbox for electric motors that it claims will lead to “Veyron levels of performance” for extended-range electric vehicles. Henrik Fisker, the boss of the company, believes that a multi-speed gearbox that’s reliably coupled to an electric
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Joe_Limon - 7/22/2011 4:07:56 PM

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*facepalm* now wheres the smart ass who said electric cars don't benefit from having multiple gear ratios?

MorePower - 7/22/2011 5:12:39 PM

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I've seen production vehicles being test driven around Southern California. It looks ok, but Veyron performance will be hard for me to believe.

85bmw745i - 7/22/2011 10:28:35 PM

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With all of that torque I can see it being possible but unlikely as these cars will probably be tuned down to be more practical and still fast. With a multi speed gearbox you can use a less powerful electric motor and thus have a longer range

BimmersNme - 7/23/2011 4:38:54 PM

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If they can actually deliver what they're promissing, it will be a fenomenal sports car.

MorePower - 7/24/2011 8:29:12 PM

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All any electric car needs to do is to be able to drive 400 miles on a complete charge + a 30 minute top-off somewhere during the trip; i.e. Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Once the manufacturers accomplish this, they will start to sell in droves. as long as they are practically priced.

lemmyb2 - 8/7/2011 8:28:15 AM

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Veyron performance for this thing is a fairytale dream. Maybe top speed of +430km/h, but not the 0-100km/h of 2.5sec - not possible with current technology.