Electric engines?

[Old Skool Raver]

I wanna make a cybertruck.

[Redks]

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[IamJames]

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[cagliostrofriedchicken]

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[RDFSH07]

I wish there was Superchargers too

[The Stig's Canadian Cousin]

I feel like electric cars would be much easier to add than they think, but I understand why they dont want to do it. After all, most electric motors are pretty much identical in terms of powerbands and efficiency curves, and for models you will basically just have to make a chassis or two since your options would be pretty limited, and then you could basically make each gearbox over a direct drive the same size since even 6 speeds are pretty compact when you take away the bellhousing.

[Old Skool Raver]

Originally posted by RDFSH07:

I wish there was Superchargers too

They at least said they'd consider superchargers later down the line. Electric engines were a straight no which is odd considering electric vehicles have existed since the 80s and the games career mode is supposed to end in 2020.

[Old Skool Raver]

Originally posted by Kim_Jong_Hoon:

I feel like electric cars would be much easier to add than they think, but I understand why they dont want to do it. After all, most electric motors are pretty much identical in terms of powerbands and efficiency curves, and for models you will basically just have to make a chassis or two since your options would be pretty limited, and then you could basically make each gearbox over a direct drive the same size since even 6 speeds are pretty compact when you take away the bellhousing.

Sure...

Because a Nissan Leaf, Cybertruck, Model F, City Bus and Formula E cars all have identical powerbands.

Electric engines come in a huge amount of varieties.

[Remmelnator]

Originally posted by Carl Johnson:

Originally posted by RDFSH07:

I wish there was Superchargers too

They at least said they'd consider superchargers later down the line. Electric engines were a straight no which is odd considering electric vehicles have existed since the 80s and the games career mode is supposed to end in 2020.

Superchargers are coming in 5.0. But that'll be next year.

[The Stig's Canadian Cousin]

Originally posted by Carl Johnson:

Sure...

Because a Nissan Leaf, Cybertruck, Model F, City Bus and Formula E cars all have identical powerbands.

Electric engines come in a huge amount of varieties.

I mean generally, ya, most of the time it comes down to gearing and how well the motor is made. The reason teslas generally feel really quick is because they can afford to have a lower gear ratio due to their motors having much more rpm to play with, the leaf motor probably isn't the best out there, so it likely needs a higher gear ratio to compensate for how little it can rev.

Really, they could just generalize the minor details of the motors and just add the general designs, like brushless permenant magnet motors and ac traction motors. They all generally have three phases, they all generally lose torque in the same ways, and the powerbands are usually really smooth and linear. The hardest part would likely be figuring out how gearing would work and what gearbox types would be used. But other than that, just make some generic motor/inverter combos and a couple chassis types, then that would be the groundwork laid for evs in automation.

[El Rushbo]

Originally posted by Carl Johnson:

electric vehicles have existed since the 80s

They've been around a lot longer than that. In the early 1900s electric cars were seen as a better choice for some in rural areas before we had the infrastructure in place for gas stations. In the 1920s when women generally started driving, electric cars were advertised as a choice for women because they were quiet and you didn't get filthy when operating one. The price difference however was a handicap then as it is today. On average an electric car back then cost about $2500, while you could get a Model T for $800.