When it comes to transmissions, cars used to fall under two categories: manual and automatic. However, a third type of ...

A three-way strategic alliance between Allison Transmission Holdings Inc., Dana Holding Corp., and Fallbrook Technologies Inc., will seek to bring a new continuously variable transmission (CVT) to the ...

Nissan has a pretty full lineup of vehicles, including sporty coupes, pickup trucks, and a sedan or SUV in just about every size or configuration you can imagine. And many of those vehicles use CVTs ...

Thousands of drivers are discovering the hard way that some of the most affordable vehicles on the market come with repair ...

Transmissions play a big part in how your car drives, especially when it comes to fuel efficiency. Fuel efficient vehicles tend to use continuously variable transmissions, but they still aren’t ...

When consumers fork over a big pile of their hard-earned cash for a new car, it should be a given that the power train is robust, durable and reliable. Consumers should feel confident that this model ...

Yes, it’s true. I — car geek for nigh upon 30 years, single man who chooses to ogle a Ferrari smoothing past rather than a pretty woman, typically stressed New Yorker who imagines shifting a notchy ...

See how a vehicle's CVT delivers different amounts of power to a wheel. See how a vehicle's CVT delivers different amounts of power to a wheel. Design Squad is available to stream on pbs.org and the ...

What is a CVT and does it work? How CVTs (Continuously Variable Transmissions) work. An explanation of a pulley based CVT, ...

Continuously Variable Transmission. Those three words are guaranteed to strike dread in the heart of any gearhead who has ever enjoyed a slick-shifting manual transmission or a crisp-shifting ...