This pans out by the numbers because on average a CVT transmission is going to save you about 4% on your costs overall. Since it takes up less space and less weight in your engine, it also becomes more economical for operating your vehicle in the long run. The fuel economy associated with CVT transmission is increased by the fact that the technology itself is actually lighter than your standard transmission setup sorry. Basically, CVT transmission is meant to be more responsive and faster than the traditional styles of transmissions because you don't have to pause between gears even if it's only for just a moment. It's supposed to make your engine operate more efficiently and easily. The purpose here is to increase fuel economy as you increase your speed because you're not having the harsh transition from one gear to the next.

If you think of traditional gear shifting as going up a series of steps from first gear to second gear and so on you can think of CVT transmission as ascending a ramp. A series of pulleys increase or decrease the gear ratio so you don't have that clunky moment between first and second gear or second and third gear where you can lose a little bit of power and have kind of a clunky, sketchy transition. That means first gear, second gear, third gear and so on.Ĭontinuously variable transmission is meant to smooth out the process of shifting from one gear to another by instead transitioning upwards or downwards as a process of maneuvering through the gear ratios. It still goes through gears by steps, however. Automatic transmission, on the other hand, is able to change gears at the appropriate time based on the RPMs of your engine as you increase or decrease acceleration when you're driving. Manual transmission works by you taking hold of a gear shifter and putting your car in the specific gear that you want it to be in. Unlike typical automatic transmission however CVT is supposed to provide a seamless transition through the different years as opposed to a step-by-step process that automatic transmission gives you. Continuously variable transmission is actually a kind of automatic transmission.

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