efficient gearbox Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:06:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Future Th!nk Electric Car Will Feature Specially Designed Gearbox https://www.greenoptimistic.com/think-electric-car-oerlikon-graziano-gearbox-20090528/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/think-electric-car-oerlikon-graziano-gearbox-20090528/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 16:01:40 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=3589 Th!nk, the electric car from Norway, has started a relationship with Oerlikon Graziano, who makes gearboxes. So, they designed a special gearbox, the only one at this time made specially for electric vehicles. With this gearbox, th!nk wil have the most efficient transmission system, would not waste energy on useless rpm, and run quietly.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/think-electric-car-oerlikon-graziano-gearbox-20090528/feed/ 2 3589 Tesla Roadster’s New Gearbox Gives 10% more Miles/Charge https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-roadster-new-gearbox-20080913/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/tesla-roadster-new-gearbox-20080913/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:55:56 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=859 The Tesla Roadster just got better: its manufacturers equipped it with a new gearbox, a more efficient one, that has about 30% more torque on a single gear ratio and achieves 10% more mileage on average.

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