Lithium and archimedes’ screw: what they have in common
- Step 1. Lithium — is material for — Traction battery. The cells are lithium-ion.
- Step 2. Traction battery — is part of — Electric car. Energy is stored in the traction battery.
- Step 3. Electric car — has part — Reduction gear. A single-speed reduction gear usually replaces the gearbox.
- Step 4. Reduction gear — is part of — Turboprop. A propeller gearbox.
- Step 5. Turboprop — has part — Propeller. A propeller.
- Step 6. Propeller — evolved from — Archimedes’ screw. The first propellers by Smith and Ericsson were a variation on the Archimedes’ screw.