Sentences with phrase «fixed planetary gear»
The gearbox, which is shared with both the 2013 Versa sedan and 2013 Sentra, uses a fixed planetary gear ratio during launch before switching to infinitely variable ratios.
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GM's base FWD 2 - mode system incorporates two electric motors, two planetary gear sets and a system of four hydraulically - applied wet - plate range clutches to deliver two continuously variable speed - ratio ranges (modes) and four forward fixed gear ratios.
The transmission is made up of two 60 - kilowatt electric motors, three planetary gearsets and four fixed gears that use the same space as GM's six - speed automatic transmission.
Borrowing a trick from the performance - oriented LC 500h, the hybrid LS uses a unique transmission that combines four fixed gears with a planetary gearset, the latter piece common to all Toyota and Lexus hybrids from the first Prius.
The transmission is a complex mess of planetary gears and clutches with multiple variable and fixed gear ratios, but in layman's terms, it basically acts like a CVT.