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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bufalo1973@piefed.social 22 hours agoAnd EVs don’t have to change gear¹, so smoother driving and less wear.
¹ automatic also has gears.
Ozymandias1688@feddit.org 17 hours ago
Ulrich@feddit.org 8 hours ago
Planetary gears have been used in automatic transmissions for as long as they have existed. I think you’re thinking of CVTs.
Ozymandias1688@feddit.org 5 hours ago
Yes, exactly! Thanks!
frongt@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
A lot of cars have CVTs. No changing gears on those.