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Honytawk@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• icelimit@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Flying over my head. what does it have to do with?

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  • Honytawk@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Evey car has a clutch, including automatic. It is so the engine can keep turning without the wheels spinning.

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    • autriyo@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      That’s not quite correct, every ice car has a mechanism to disconnect the engine from the wheels.

      Manuals typically use a clutch to archive this. For the longest time automatic transmissions haven’t though, instead they use a torque converter. Which also is a type of clutch obviously, but not what people usually refer to when they use the term clutch.

      There also are automated manuals and dual clutch transmissions, but those are more modern…

      Too lazy to find sources rn, but if anyone wants to know more I’ll provide some.

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      • Zombiepirate@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        An automatic transmission has many clutches inside.

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      • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Which also is a type of clutch obviously, but not what people usually refer to when they use the term clutch.

        So many internet arguments come down to this sort of thing.

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    • UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Cvt?

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      • icelimit@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I guess it’s a CV clutch?

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