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[MrDude_1]

A manual gearbox may not be the same as a transmission. There is no clutch lever on the left side in the photos and videos of the Live Wire. I think the purpose of a manual gearbox on the Live Wire may be for the same reason the Energica has a gearbox, to simply move power from the motor to a different point in the drive train. The Energica's motor is far too large to mount like the Zero does so a gearbox is used to allow the motor to be elevated and have the primary drive sprocket to be at a lower point.

if you just look at the bike you can almost see where the gears are on the right side of it.  https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dl2dbnTU4AA23HQ.jpg
motor has a right angle drive out of it (like an angle grinder)
the lower circle is one gear, the upper larger circle is the output to the belt and the larger gear.

[igorbaldo]

There is no clutch lever on the left side in the photos and videos of the Live Wire.

Neither is there a gear change pedal. I think they misinterpreted the information regarding the gears that connect the motor shaft to the belt pulley (the right angle and the "primary" reduction).