To many enthusiasts, CVTs represent everything wrong with modern cars. And yet, despite the backlash, automakers keep ...
Continuously variable transmissions have been used for years in motorcycles and snowmobiles. As cars and engines became smaller, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lowered vehicle emission ...
While reading up on new cars, you might’ve seen talk about an unfamiliar kind of transmission. Instead of a six-speed automatic or whatever, you may see a car that has a CVT. It’s an innovative ...
CVTs often get a bad rap for being unengaging, unreliable, and just all-around dull transmissions that suck the life out of any engine they’re mated up to. The new Subaru WRX in particular has ...
“Just how rubbery is this gonna feel?,” I thought to myself moments before driving the all-new 2025 Chevy Equinox in Minneapolis last week. “Not rubbery at all,” I would end up telling myself after ...
A CVT ratio control algorithm is proposed to improve the engine performance by considering the powertrain response lag. In the CVT powertrain, there exists a response lag, which results from the ...
In conjunction with Renault, Nissan Motor has developed two new four-cylinder petrol engines and a new continuously variable transmission (CVT). The two newly developed engines, the 1.5-litre HR15DE ...