• Ozymandias1688@feddit.org
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    5 months ago

    not necessarily. Toyota uses planetary gears which also change transmission without discrete “gear shifting”. Although going fully EV removes that necessity of course.

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      5 months ago

      Planetary gears have been used in automatic transmissions for as long as they have existed. I think you’re thinking of CVTs.

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        5 months ago

        Yes, exactly! Thanks! EDIT: According to Wikipedia, the CVT in Toyotas is based on planetary gears, so both seems correct.