Here’s a quick overview of CVT transmission pros and cons ... a brace of adjustable conical pulleys connected by a steel chain or belt. Depending on the vehicle’s speed, the sides of each ...

Continuously variable transmissions are simultaneously popular and loathed, depending on who you ask. Are Toyota's CVTs a ...

While reliable, CVTs have components — pulleys and a belt, or a chain — that ... if your SUV's transmission could be on the line. Sure, there are several CVT-equipped SUVs with the best ...

But Honda's e:HEV system doesn't have a CVT, there are no cone-shaped pulleys, and there's no chain or belt-driven transmission with variable ratios. The transmission here is closer to that of an ...

The automotive ones inevitably use a variation on a V-belt or metal band between variable separation conical pulleys, but this is by no means the only CVT configuration. Serial tinkerer [Robert ...