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General Motors Developing CVT In-House For Global Lineup

By Cameron Aubernon on January 23, 2015

2015 Chevrolet Spark

Not content with using CVTs from other manufacturers, General Motors is working on a CVT in-house for use in its global lineup.

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Posted in Are You Ready For..., Design, Fuel Economy, History, Industry, News Blog, Product Planning, Sign of the Times
Tagged as 2019, CVTs, general motors, in-house programs

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Nair: Ford Considering CVTs For Future Applications

By Cameron Aubernon on December 9, 2014

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Ford is considering giving the B&B’s least favorite transmission type another go for future applications.

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Posted in Are You Ready For..., Ford, Industry, News Blog, People, Product Planning, Quality, Sign of the Times, Technology
Tagged as CVTs, Ford, Raj Nair

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Audi Leaves CVTs Behind For Dual-Clutch Automatics

By Cameron Aubernon on July 25, 2014

34 - 2012 Audi A7 - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin

CVT haters, rejoice: Audi’s latest set of Multitronic CVTs will be the automaker’s last.

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Posted in Are You Ready For..., Audi, Design, Future Vehicles, Industry, News Blog, Product Planning, Quality, Sign of the Times, Technology
Tagged as Audi, CVTs, dual-clutch automatics, end-of-life, Multitronic, S-tronic

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Nissan’s D-Step Tweaks CVTs To Act More Like Traditional Automatics

By Cameron Aubernon on July 14, 2014

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CVTs aren’t the most popular of transmission options around despite its improvements to fuel efficiency and ride on a vehicle so equipped. Nissan hopes an upcoming software tweak will change a few minds, however.

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Posted in Are You Ready For..., Customer Relations, Design, Gizmology, Industry, Marketing, New Cars, News Blog, Nissan, Quality, Sign of the Times, Technology
Tagged as automatic transmissions, CVTs, D-Step Shift logic, Nissan, software

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