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It's a gear which transmits power from the engine to the wheels.
But in cars a transmission is typically regarded as a device that has many gears that let you get optimal efficiency for the ICE. An electric car is more similar to a one speed bicycle in that it doesn't really shift or change gears and I wouldn't say a one speed bike has a transmission.
Arguably wheel size is a transmission if you can get more RPMs and less torque by up sizing the wheel size or obviously the reverse. Would a wheel not be a rubber gear that interfaces rotational force into the flat road for linear force? Does that make every car have multiple transmissions via the use of wheels?
Having multiple gears isn't a necessity. The transmission transmits power from the engine to wheels.
Chain and sprocket is a type of transmission.
But then aren't wheels a transmission as they change the torque and rpm of the axle?
A wheel has the same rpm as it's axle
Sorry I mean faster speed, you're right