Zero shift, zero use

It is a common or garden dog clutch, added to a damper.

Eighty percent of the article on the Zeroshift gearbox (PE 8 Sept 2010) goes on and on about the advantages of a gearbox on an electric vehicle.

Not that there is much in the idea. It is a common or garden dog clutch, added to a damper.

Sure it also relies on speed control of the motor, but a dog clutch it is!

The article is clearly an advertorial, and the editor should get stuff like this peer reviewed.

Jack Moore, Sorrento, Australia