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Someone1234 on Sept 11, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: How America lost its love for the stick shift

Even if they are, a CVT saves enough fuel over its lifetime to offset the cost (5 MpG combined more efficient in some cases).

The UK is moving away from manuals for hybrid and fully electric vehicles which often use a CVT, or no transmission in some cases (direct drive).

stephengillie on Sept 11, 2018 [–]

Electric vehicles do use an assembly of gears to adjust ratios for optimal torque - but just the one gear. It's still a transmission.

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