Despite all the benefits of a CVT transmission, it does have some drawbacks. A gear-based CVT is looking to address these ...

When it comes to transmissions, words like gear ratio and final drive are thrown around a lot. Can changing gear rations give ...

A manual transmission known as The Rock Crusher? What's up with that? And what were the Muncie M22's weak points ... and, ...

But why do the lower gears generate more torque? Essentially, gears are a series of levers that act upon each other, determining the rotational speed of the wheels versus the engine's RPM.

Engineers can use planetary gears to increase or decrease both speed and torque, and to do so in a small, compact space. Planetary gears can supply high levels of torque and high-speed reduction ...

Conventional gears (image source) Where conventional gears use mating surfaces of mechanical interlocking teeth, magnetic gears employ alternating magnetic fields to transmit torque.

Scientists have adapted torque-vectoring technology to wind turbines to eliminate the need to convert the alternating current produced by the turbines into direct current and back again before it ...

Automatics cars are easy to drive, but that simplicity hides how complex these systems are. Here are the important things to know about automatic transmissions.

If you have a vehicle with an automatic transmission, then you probably have noticed the 'L' on the gear shift. Here's what it means and when to use it.

The efficiency of a tooth-on-tooth geared transmission, with the smoothly variable gear ratios of a CVT – minus the belt friction and capable of going all the way down to a zero ratio without ...