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Originally Posted by ShadeTreeMech
Americans especially expect to get into a car and it does everything for you; why else would the AT be so prevalent here and no where else?
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I'm not arguing w/you about the current state of affairs, but only education can change that.
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Originally Posted by ShadeTreeMech
If they can get the CVT to work very efficiently.
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It's possible, in the same sense that it is "possible" that George Burns could come back from the dead and become president, it just doesn't seem likely, to me anyway, having looked at a few implementations.
re: "Electronic transmissions", that is the current buzzphrase for the series hybrid crowd to describe everything between the engine and the wheels. I see a lot of losses there that are yet unaccounted for, especially if you have to charge a battery just to keep the engine in bsfc.
re: 98%, I think that might be a single speed, so take w/a grain of salt. Though it is not necessary to have all gears "meshed" all the time so something like 98% is certainly conceivable for a manual trans, imho, but the market isn't pushing for it with the manual trans being as efficient as it is for as long as it has.