Tim wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Lieutenant Scott wrote:
On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:04:41 -0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
dennis@home wrote:


"Lieutenant Scott" wrote in message
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Would an electric car do that much? (Not without new motors
anyway).

Why would contactless motors wear out?



might need new bearings, but really 100,000 miles is not a lot..at
20 mph average its only 5,000 hours - less than a year really.

electric motors that will run for a year without stopping are
hardly rocket science.

More likely failure modes are due to damage
Gearbox?

what gearbox?

I believe the electric Lotus Elise has a two speed gearbox.

Scrub that. Looks like it's only a single speed box.

http://www.teslamotors.com/roadster/specs

That said, I'm sure that Top Gear said it had a two speed box and they could
have been wrong could they?? ;-)

Tim