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Old 05-17-2010, 11:23 PM   #9 (permalink)
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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?
I'm not arguing w/you about the current state of affairs, but only education can change that.

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If they can get the CVT to work very efficiently.
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.
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