What's The Fastest Transmission? Don't Hate The CVT!
What’s the best transmission? A dual clutch transmission might come to mind due to their lightning quick shifts, but there's another transmission that can allow you to go even faster. As it turns out, a CVT, or continuously variable transmission, reigns king in terms of efficiency and performance. There's a reason the technology was banned after its use in Formula 1. What makes it so good? Well a CVT can choose any gear ratio within its range at any given time, and it can constantly change that gear ratio. That means it can simply hold the engine at peak power, meaning the quickest acceleration, and change the gear ratio as the vehicle’s speed changes, never taking the engine off peak power.
Why hold at peak power, and not peak torque? Learn more here:
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