The ONLY CVT Transmission That WON'T Break

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[jsfbay]

Great video! I hadn't thought about how the physical 1st gear takes the bulk of the load, reducing wear and tear on the belt. Another good thing - the physical 1st gear also increases the overall total gear ratio range or spread, i.e. a traditional CVT may only have a 2.5 to 1 ratio spread, but with the physical 1st gear, now the transmission has a higher spread. If that makes sense. Because one of CVT's problems *is* that lack of gear ratio range, forcing the designers to either choose a low numerical gear ratio for the differential for good mileage, or a higher numerical ratio for off-the-line performance but at the expense of economy.

[luguefamily]

Thank you for the info on the DCVT that no one else explained the reason the new gen Toyota CVT are more reliable.

[danera]

Do people not realize lexus is high end toyota if anyone would make a reliable cvt its lexus because LEXUS IS LUXURY TOYOTA they are the same company with different brandings

[axerhand]

Still have to maintain it... Change that fluid at 20-25k miles.

[garyhiland]

Great discussion of this misunderstood topic. Great graph of torque curves by gear-I've not seen that one before.

[WillFuI]

If someone was going to make a reliable CVT, it would be Toyota

[jeedwards]

Just physics, the most stress is when taking off to get that heavy SUV moving. Once moving the inertia is more and thus the load on the trans is less. Brilliantly done Toyota

[truth]

Wouldn't it be funny if the CVT finally completed it's evolution and overcame all it's problems and the final result was a geared transmission?

[flightk]

Hell toyota has used cvts for decades. They easily go to half a million miles in Prius taxis and Ubers.

[clas]

When I heard they made CVT’s for farm tractors, I figured Toyota could actually make one reliable.

[aacmove]

To be clear the E CVT is used in the lexus UX hybrids. DCVT in UX200 non hybrid and LBX. I'd go for the ECVT for durability as it is simpler in design.

[dannybryant]

If you can, get the hybrid. Electric car goodness without the electric car drawbacks.

You get an electric car with gasoline engine assist. The assist engine is an efficiency tuned Atkinson cycle engine so anytime the engine is assisting the vehicle is using less fuel than a regular car. And using no fuel when the electric stuff doesn't need assistance.

The assist engine provides assistance up through the planetary gearset which provides CVT action.

Planetary gearsets avoid friction. Belt or chain CVTs count on friction.

[LewisHeilig]

The CVT used by Toyota or Lexus doesn't have a belt that can stretch, it uses a metal belt made of over 400 stamped metal plates that are pushed around the pullies, not pulled. The plates are held together by bands of flexible steel that constantly bend. If a steel band ever breaks, then the plates will all fall apart. The steel bands may suffer from old age, not from high torque. However, high torque may cause the surfaces of the coned shaped pullies to wear more rapidly leading to belt slippage. The wear and tear of the surface of the pullies may ultimately be reduced by having the launch gear. My C-HR did not come with a launch gear, so I "baby" my transmission by accelerating gently from a stop. My CVT will last longer and I get better fuel economy that way.

[tonycallahan]

Lexus have been putting CVT's into their petrol hybrid models (mostly outside the US) for some 10 years now and they're very good, really smooth and dependable.

[the_gold_canopy]

I like your lexus. Very nice setup. Been considering trading in my 2008 RX400H for either a new RX500H F Sport, or a certified pre-owned GX series. But Lexus really disappointed me with that turbo 4 banger. While although the electric motors make up for the turbo lag, or so they say, the 0-60 just doesn't match the price tag, and honestly it's not all that much faster than my old granny 400H. Recently sold my Tacoma, because my little peice of heaven became way too crowded with all the tuner car kids trading in their Civics to build a "overland" Tacoma as they call it. Obviously i'm all about the SAS culture, overlanding isn't my thing, and I got tired of towing factory Tacos out of the trail for free. Leaning towards just doing a light lift and some light gear on a GX.

[donaldotsig]

The new synergy drive on the hybrid doesnt have a belt or a chain

[HamadaEizan]

I wonder can the combine the cvt with a turbo?

[StephenMcGann]

Saw the weight analogy and for the first time in my life i thought "why dont you dumb it up for me a bit"

[rogerlyngeng]

My 09 rav4 cvt k111f has 191000km no problems at all.

[machansange]

Still rocking with my prius 2011 the mil almost and still working. On time service and dont focus on modify for performence the engine will be fine. Performence for daily use not bad and the fuel consumption is realy good😅