What Is a CVT Transmission?

Your transmission’s job is to send a message from your car’s engine to its wheels, transferring power based on the gear ratio.  But one type of transmission is becoming more popular: the continuously variable transmission, or CVT for short. Rather than use gears to determine how much power and torque the engine uses, a CVT continuously alters the power sent to the wheels by moving through an infinite number of ...

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