Beltless CVT is here
neat
Honestly that still looks like it'll shit itself when faced with some proper torque. Contact surface is tiny.
>liquid passing near the ball solidifies...
Shit will break down in a couple of years
Just change your transmission oil.
Heat and torque will kill that thing almost instantly.
theoretically, a perfectly round ball touching a perfectly smooth surface only contacts at one single point, making grip impossible. These balls are being squeezed, and we all know what happens to balls when they get squeezed
This just seems like even the tiniest problem will kill it
They turn into oblate spheroids.
60,000 hours of testing disagree with you.
this. also it will go to shit before 50k miles
F R A I L
just like your balls?
>testing it on some shit caddy
>less than 400nm
>anyone ever changing their transmission fluid.
>sample size 1
>also in a lab
The Toyota HSD is the only acceptable CVT, because it isn't a CVT.
I've seen this design on bikes like 15 years ago,
it didn't gain much, ahem, traction.
Same goes for the belt in a cone-and-belt CVT, and yet they work.
This thing looks really compact compared to normal trannies... This plus rotary in a bike, how 'bout that?
that's really slick.
Why are americans so good at engineering? Should the krats have thought this shit up?
>taking something unreliable and making it unreliable^2
>you're sample size 0
>also ure moms anus
That wouldn't be unreliable^2, to do that you'd need to do something brilliant like make parts of the CVT out of poorly-aging plastic that doesn't take well to heat
Besides, just change the oil like you change your underwear and you're a-ok
>Besides, just change the oil like you change your underwear and you're a-ok
So never?
>Why are americans so good at engineering?
because we pay enough to attract the smartest people in the world
the man who invented that would get paid half as much and be taxed twice as much if he worked in germany
Changing transmission fluid would become routine maintenance.
Change your oil and transmission fluid every 5k miles.
i wish i could have seen the engineering process for this. fucking neat.
Sounds pretty cool, but does it chooch?
youtube.com
>different name
>same style video
>exact same technology
whats going on here
user what are you doing?
n-nothing
delete this post right now goy
wow
Probably chooches, but definitely not skookum
Put 'er behind a full-size diesel pickup truck and we'll see how she do
I think there's more to this, guys
tvclip.biz
>another video with a different name but similar production style
>only this time being narrated by marty from mcm
>same guy in the comments
>pic related
GUYS
Sporty or not the only auto a caddy should have is a slushbox
Come here, lean down and indulge in my scent. I think you'll enjoy it
>*Sniffffff*
There you go
that's where the solidifying liquid comes in
So it's basically using mazda's VLSD technology but slightly differently?
I only indulge in my own degeneracy, thank you very much
>non-electric drive train
Nah, it still needs electric control to change the ratio
>buying a non-EV
Even a EV needs a transmission like this to achieve max efficiency user.
Look up DC motor efficiency charts and you'll see.
Watch teh video.
Magic juice.
>Magic juice.
They should give it a cool name, like NanoSuperTorqueFluid
>not wanting magic juice all over your balls