Because we use them every day, the operation of a car seems simple, but a car is a very complex machine. One of the most complex systems in the typical vehicle is the automatic transmission. This ...
The automatic transmission as Americans know it today has been around and undergoing continual improvement since 1939. And while the concept of the continuously variable transmission (CVT) was ...
One of the most unique characteristics of top gas dragsters is that, despite having two engines, but they still use one ...
The cruise control systems found in manual-transmission cars work by locking the throttle to a set speed, while the clutch ...
Toyota introduced its first continuously variable automatic transmission CVT, in itself a type of automatic transmission, in 2000, dubbed the K110. Some Toyota models that use a CVT include the Camry, ...
Earlier this year, a team of energy policy researchers outlined some of the key factors underlying the success—or lack thereof—of transmission projects across the country. The researchers—Lewis ...
So I got my car (95 Camry wagon) back last week after having the transmission replaced (not rebuilt, that would have been several hundred dollars more). The first thing I noticed when I started ...