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In no wheeled vehicle context is a simple gearbox that cannot engage/disengage, change speed or change direction referred to as a transmission.

Yes, it's a textbook correct terminology but completely irrelevant anywhere else (hence my comment about spherical cows)

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If we're going to get technical, the transmission of a vehicle is everything that exists between the motor and wheels. Americans tend to think of the gearbox when referring to a car's transmission; much like we call a computer a CPU and we also refer to a single chip inside the computer a CPU. A gearbox with two gears is still a gearbox.

I'm still waiting for the ultimate EV that's got 4 in-hub direct drive motors. Until then, we're stuck with transmissions.

> I'm still waiting for the ultimate EV that's got 4 in-hub direct drive motors.

Total aside, I know, but man would that would be awesome.

FYI: https://deepdrive.tech/ Albeit currently only rear wheel drive inhub.

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