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Modern computer performance makes it a simple process to automate any manual driving technique.
Manual transmissions are old technology, newer developments in CVT's, dual clutch automated manuals, and the next generation of Infinitely Variable Transmissions will send the old manual to the scrap heap.
The first hydromatic was 1939 in an Oldsmobile. The vast majority of new cars sold are automatics, but if you use the single term "automatic" to describe any type of self shifting transmission, you should do some research to bring yourself up to date.
When the vehicle can pulse and glide itself, without driver input, that will be the transmission that surpasses all of the present options. 80% increase in mileage will be the standard to measure the self hypermiling IVT equipped vehicles of the future.
Better aero will mean better mileage. Better engines will mean better mileage. Currently if you simply improve the aero, some of the potential mileage benefit is lost, because the lower load on the engine reduces its efficiency under steady state conditions.
The inefficiency of the old slush boxes will soon be a thing of the past, while the manual, can only be re geared for better mileage. The real advancements will be in the operational strategy of automated transmissions, based on the practical application of techniques demonstrated by many here on a daily basis.
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Mech
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