Toyota hybrids are known for using CVT transmissions. However, modern Toyota hybrids actually use something called an e-CVT.

Called epicyclic CVTs, or planetary CVTs, these transmissions use planet gears to transfer torque. Toyota used one in the Prius back in the late 1990s. Planetary gears work for hybrids, too., GM ...

The Continuously Variable Transmission, or CVT for short, has been around for some time. So, what is an e-CVT? Here are the differences between the two.

The GM transmission was the first of its kind to use a hydraulically controlled planetary gearbox, allowing the gears to shift depending on the vehicle's travel speed.

Planetary Gearsets. The heart of an automatic transmission is the planetary gearset. Planetary gearsets allow a transmission to have several different gear ratios, with different clutches holding ...

Planetary Gears. If your car had a torque converter and a single forward gear, your forward speed would be severely limited by the engine's operating range and torque production ability. That is why ...

Early automatic transmissions with names like Hydra-Matic, Dynaflow, ZF, and Hondamatic delivered simplistic driving, but heavy planetary gear systems and torque converters sacrificed fuel efficiency.

A modern automatic transmission uses one or more sets of epicyclic or planetary gears (consisting of a sun, planets, and a ring gear) to achieve many different (typically between two and ten) gear ...

The transmission has more gears than Drive, Park, ... Typically, automatic transmissions are built with multiple planetary gear seats that form the different gear ratios the car will switch to.

When The Planets Align: A Planetary Transmission for the Street Originally published in the May 1999 issue of Hot Rod magazine. HOT ROD Staff Writer Aug 01, 2023 ...

Planetary transmissions, like Lenco, eliminate this inherent design weakness by utilizing planetary gears. They work by using a sun gear that is also attached to a sprag clutch, three planet gears ...

A few weeks ago, I went to the amazing Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum in Indiana, where I learned about an axle that has not just one gear ratio like in pretty much all modern cars, but two.