A Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) operates by continuously adjusting its gear ratios to match driving conditions. A CVT can be tuned for either efficiency or performance. In most mass-market vehicles, CVTs are optimized for efficiency. CVT stands for continuously variable transmission, and this type of automatic transmission uses pulleys and a steel band instead of traditional fixed gears. It’s always automatically adjusting to your driving, and it provides smooth, step-less gear changes. CVT refers to a continuously variable transmission which is an automatic gear changing technique which doesn’t have a fixed gear ratio. Whereas conventional cars comprise a manual transmission requiring hard shifts between the gears. That’s why CVT cars are popular as shiftless or single speed cars. Re: Automatic Transmission (AT) – TC / CVT / DCT / AMT: All You May Want To Know of A I agree with most points except a couple 1) CVT sold today are CVT with Torque Convertor, so in City stop and go traffic conditions, even this combo will suffer from poor fuel efficiency for same reasons as TC with conventional gearbox. 2) DCT is even more fuel efficient than AMT but the biggest drawback is our stop and go conditions is the replacement of the clutches, while in AMT it is a simple job to ...
