Bringing Back the Third Pedal: Engineering a Clutch System for Electric Vehicles
This is a bit of an odd one. A technical deep-dive into the hardware and software architecture required to integrate traditional clutch mechanisms with EV powertrains—and why motorsport might demand it.
Electric vehicles have solved the clutch.
Over the past few weeks I've tried to take more of a digital detox than I can recall.
And I recall a long time back. I recall being a pre-teen discovering IRC channels with fellow like-minded hax0rs. I recall the early days of blogging on various platforms through
One comment I've heard a lot is that batteries degrade quicker than internal combustion engines do. Most will acknowledge that even the best maintained ICE engine will lose horsepower over time, thus causing it to consume more fuel to do the same job that it used to. But
The last two weeks have been hectic. A real spiral to start a year.
First, my birthday hit on January 5th, which I dutifully took off work to have a breather after a fun, wild and busy Christmas period with family.
But work began in earnest at $job, where we
Notes
Wow, what a year. On a personal note, it was good. The 3 and 5 year olds grew and developed, with the 5 year old going to 'big boy' school (and getting his first new big boy teeth in the process). I did some work to the
This week someone asked me if I was "still the head of Tesla Ireland."
I was never the head of Tesla Ireland. I was, however, the chair of the Irish EV Association (fka Irish EV Owners Association). I was part of the board/committee for almost 5 years,
