"Why don't they just strap on a CVS transmission from a regular car? I cant imagine it requires anything magical to drive one of those."
They tried and the EV drive train is too much for a regular tranny to handle.
"so the 1.5 gearbox is like the one that they wanted at the begining but without regenerative breaking? or does it change the acceleration"
Still has regen, but with all the nice new acceleration! What they did not say is that the 1.5 drive train has better overall acceleration across the entire range.
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"Why don't they just strap on a CVS transmission from a regular car? I cant imagine it requires anything magical to drive one of those."
They tried and the EV drive train is too much for a regular tranny to handle.
"so the 1.5 gearbox is like the one that they wanted at the begining but without regenerative breaking? or does it change the acceleration"
Still has regen, but with all the nice new acceleration! What they did not say is that the 1.5 drive train has better overall acceleration across the entire range.