The efficiency of a tooth-on-tooth geared transmission, with the smoothly variable gear ratios of a CVT – minus the belt friction and capable of going all the way down to a zero ratio without needing ...
Today I’m holding something special: Ratio Zero - the world’s first operational gear-based CVT. But before I get into how it works, let’s talk about why that matters. As you probably know, CVT stands ...
CVT stands for continuously variable transmission. It is a type of automatic transmission that goes through a series of gear ratios to keep a vehicle moving. It goes through gear ratios because ...
Manual gearboxes are pretty simple. I remember my high school physics teacher diagramming one on the chalkboard: power goes in on one shaft, goes through a couple of wheelie-looking things, and boom, ...