Best description of how the eCVT works that I've seen.

[rtphokie]

This gives a good appreciation of how simple this design is,

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[HeyBales]

Except it's not ours in the hybrid Maverick.

Why not use the one that is basically, just updated? Been posted in many threads.



Or a tear down of similar, with good explanation too.

 

[WestCoastDriver]

I think the dual MG + ICE + planetary gear power sharing setup is pure genius. Sure, in 50 years someone will look back and see it as a sketchy kludge, but I wasn't ready to jump into a pure EV. In a world moving away from petroleum, it's a good solution.

 

[agmonaco]

This gives a good appreciation of how simple this design is,

Excellent description of how it works even if it isn't Mavericks.. Thx

 

[Hansolo]

Shiftless Bastards

 

[CNJFF]

This one is pretty good to see the eCVT in motion:

 

[WJOHNM]

I think the dual MG + ICE + planetary gear power sharing setup is pure genius. Sure, in 50 years someone will look back and see it as a sketchy kludge, but I wasn't ready to jump into a pure EV. In a world moving away from petroleum, it's a good solution.

For a very old, retired mechanic this stuff is way over my head, I have a great respect for the engineers that design these transmissions, there actually very simple compared to 8/9/10 speed tranny, these people are geniuses, I would like to be around in 10/20/30 years to see what they come up with.

 

[CD_SM]

For a very old, retired mechanic this stuff is way over my head, I have a great respect for the engineers that design these transmissions, there actually very simple compared to 8/9/10 speed tranny, these people are geniuses, I would like to be around in 10/20/30 years to see what they come up with.

The Toyota and Ford eCVT transmissions are amazingly clever, and actually very simple. Mechanically way way less complicated than any other transmission. There are maybe 20 moving parts, which is why so many taxis are Priuses. The complexity is all in the computer. (Even the software itself isn't that sophisticated - it just needs to run fast -essentially real time - and fast computers weren't cheap enough until about when the Prius came out.)

 

[Mavster Mechanic]

Yep.

The hybrid concept has been around as long as the automobile has. Just needed fast computers to make it practical.

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