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by agumonkey 1249 days ago
No, Porsche added gears for better efficiency. Other manufactures talked about similar ideas since.

Battery cooling I'm not sure though, it's still circulating right ? which would mean a pump of some sort.

Anyway things are not as vanilla as they used to be in the early days, I hope that trend doesn't keep up.

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No, Porsche added gears for better efficiency.

Only applicable at autobahn speeds --- which explains why Porsche is the only manufacturer thus far to see a need for this.

I seriously doubt this will become typical --- simply due to cost reasons.

Battery cooling I'm not sure though, it's still circulating right

No, natural thermal convention in most cases.

Oh ok the liquid is passively cooled ? what the "heatsink" here ? the lower surface of the pack ?
the lower surface of the pack ?

Yes. In some cases, the battery pack also serves as a structural component.

https://electrek.co/2021/01/19/tesla-structural-battery-pack...

Yeah, I guess we all saw the structural battery annoucement.