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Old 05-11-2020, 06:22 PM   #51 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr View Post
No surprise Toyota went so conservative before switching from more traditional automatics to the CVT in many of its models even though in hybrids the so-called e-CVT had been successful even though it's not a real CVT, and IIRC it still doesn't resort to a CVT on 4WD versions of its CUVs. Well, maybe a high failure rate of CVTs would be a good excuse for Nissan to do a switch to hybrids, considering the ability to emulate the operation of a CVT in a hybrid setup similar to the HSD.
Nissan has a hybrid out in Japan which is basically a Leaf electric motor and a small "generator" gasoline engine to provide the electricity. Their city fuel economy is supposed to be pretty good.

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