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The original was posted on /r/cars by /u/longgamma on 2025-03-25 00:29:03+00:00.

Just a fairly dumb question - why can we replace the ice engine with an electric motor mated to a traditional manual gearbox. Yes it’s extra complexity and of course pretty inefficient due to drive train losses from engine to the wheel but atleast we can retain the manual transmission aspect of driving.

Edit- thanks everyone for explaining this to me. I guess I’ll withdraw my funding application with VCs