CvtTransmission

As much as many of us would love to park our fossil-fuel-burning internal combustion engines for good in favor of electric or hydrogen-powered cars, that's not likely to happen on a grand scale in the next several years. Like it or not, we've managed to create a technology that's proven so ...

It may not seem like much, but the single extra mile per gallon that Nissan plans to extract from its Versa subcompact will surely be appreciated by its purchasers. After all, every little bit of fuel savings helps when buyers are shopping for small cars, often with the specific intent on ...

Yamaha recently filed a patent in the United States for an enduro motorcycle with a continuously variable transmission. The CVT, as it's better known, is one of the most efficient means of transferring power in an automobile application. Yamaha, as well as nearly every other manufacturer of modern ...

Is it solely a case of one-upmanship that is driving the number of forward gear ratios forward in today's passenger cars? Or, are consumers choosing vehicles based on the number of gears in the transmission? I am not entirely sure, but I do know that I would consider passing on a vehicle just ...

All right, the weather is starting to get nicer, finally. Today where I live in Ohio we hit 75 degrees and the sun was out. I opened up the garage to get my motorcycle out for the first time in 2007. Riding my motorcycle is one of the few things that I can truly enjoy, and know that the gasoline ...

There are certain individuals who just refuse to use a clutch. We told you a little while back that automatic gearboxes are becoming the shifting method of choice all around the world. And now, if you'd like to save some gas and lower your emissions by riding a motorcycle, but you don't want to ...