Sentences with phrase «gear acceleration kicks»

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Most of the time you don't get the advantage of the instant torque from the electric motor, instead, before there's any acceleration, the gearbox needs to kick down to the correct gear as the electronics decide just how much of each power source it wants to use.

Flustered by forward momentum, the six - speed automatic transmission is doggedly slow to kick down under acceleration, geared as it is toward fuel economy.