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by cmrdporcupine 2866 days ago
Some EVs have a transmission, yes. My Volt has a planetary gear set in order to share traction with the ICE. But that's not a pure EV.

But what they don't generally have, unless they are conversions from ICE cars, is changing gear ratios. Torque is mostly constant across all RPMs in an EV, so there's not really a need for one.