Are manual transmissions available in electric cars? Are they

that wouldnt work and it would be a stupid thing to try and emulate

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>>16489663

>>16489655
I know the crz hybrid has a stick shift option. I didn't know pure EV's even used traditional transmissions, I thought that were CVT
BUT, I've never payed much attention to them

>>16489655
Why would you want one, it would be pointless.

>>16490374
most actual electric drive vehicles are direct drive... they have no technical need for a gearbox.

hybrids have CVTs often but they still power the wheels with the engine.

>>16489655
I might be retarded but wouldn't a purely electric vehicle modify it's speed by altering the strength of it's motors field?
I mean, an electric motor will generate 100% of it's possible torque when ever it's powered so wouldn't varying the speed of whatever it's powering(drive axel) come down to weakening/strengthening it's field to decrease/increase it's RPMs?

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>>16489655
it's been done before, usually with EV conversions.

As to sports cars, something that's really popular now is buying a Factory Five 818, buying a N/A Subaru Impreza donor for steering rack/suspension/transaxle parts, and then using an electric motor into the transmission. The 818 kit car was designed to use the powerplant from a Subaru Impreza in an MR configuration as a way to launch Factory Five globally since Impreza parts cars are literally everywhere.
They're neat. Literally no need for a clutch pedal and you can shift while never taking your foot off the accelerator.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCIqJBze3lE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8bV8SKeQOo

There was recently one built using a Tesla motor, and batteries from a Chevy Volt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OITr1kTutQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-ZbyEZG-IU

>>16489655

Might be possible. Electric motors beat the fuck out drive trains though. This E36 on /drive fucked up a powerglide. Apparantly 850ft-lbs of torque at 0 RPM is a little hard on trannies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVkJjt_Peg0

ive had an idea for a while of a virtual gearbox using a motor controller to change voltages and amperage to simulate gears, more volts less amps is a higher gear, the opposite is a lower gear

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>>16490561
One day I want to be able to drive any electric car with my racing sim setup and shift gears digitally

>>16490682
that's essentially what it'd be yeah