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Continuously Variable Transmission - Explained

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Uploaded by on Jul 18, 2011

How CVTs (Continuously Variable Transmissions) work. An explanation of a pulley based CVT, and how this transmission does not have individual gears, rather an infinite possibility of gear ratios.

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  • Do you still shift like in a normal car with gear selection just without the rpm dropping?

  • @bloximonkey There is no gear shifting. It is constantly adjusting. The operator really has no control over what the gear ratio is.

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  • nicely explained in the end, thanks!!

  • VERY good explanation man! Thanks for putting this out there for visual learners like me haha

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