Electric Vehicle - Daft Question....

Electric Vehicle - Daft Question....

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cobra kid

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5,369 posts

255 months

Friday 27th October 2023
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With a flick of a lever, push of a button, you reverse the direction of the motors. Is that simply the case? If so, what limits the reversing speed of the car?

kambites

69,497 posts

236 months

Friday 27th October 2023
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cobra kid said:
With a flick of a lever, push of a button, you reverse the direction of the motors. Is that simply the case? If so, what limits the reversing speed of the car?
They will be electronically limited.

Pit Pony

10,081 posts

136 months

Friday 27th October 2023
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Software.

cobra kid

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5,369 posts

255 months

Friday 27th October 2023
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Thank you and thank you!

ajprice

30,740 posts

211 months

Friday 27th October 2023
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Nissan Leaf mk1 holds a record for speed in reverse (the video does mention taking a limiter off though), and it was reversed up Goodwood hill in 1:37


normalbloke

8,070 posts

234 months

Friday 27th October 2023
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cobra kid said:
With a flick of a lever, push of a button, you reverse the direction of the motors. Is that simply the case? If so, what limits the reversing speed of the car?
My old Unimog had 16 gears. It had a separate lever for forward and reverse. So you could select reverse and then go up through the box. The only limit was your bottle and physics.

mac96

5,107 posts

158 months

Friday 27th October 2023
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Were not Daf 33s capable of same speed backwards as forwards thanks to the Variomatic gearbox? They were certainly said to be at the time!

Edit to add link to some wonderful lunacy from the Netherlands::

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

Edited by mac96 on Friday 27th October 14:14

Chippo1

353 posts

138 months

Friday 27th October 2023
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How about the Austin Champ , used by the British Army , same performance forwards and reverse , seriously dodgy in reverse. Think it had an epicyclic gear box.

Basil Brush

5,329 posts

278 months

Friday 27th October 2023
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I think some of the old micro cars reversed by running the 2 stroke engine backwards.