Rather than deploy a traditional planetary gearset in which a transmission can call upon one of a certain number of gear ratios, a CVT operates without any physical gears at all. Instead ...

CVT automatic transmissions offer quicker acceleration, smoother shifting, while delivering maximum gas mileage and power out ...

It's essentially two electric motors that are incorporated into a planetary gearset, forming a CVT of sorts. I'm not familiar enough with the Prius transmission or Solomon's patents to understand ...

These systems use what Toyota calls an e-CVT – two electric motors paired with a planetary gearset. This lets the engine and electric motors share the job of propelling the car – one motor ...