Eli5: Toyota’s e-cvt that’s not a cvt.

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It got gears but has infinite gear ratios like a cvt? It has 2 electric motors inside it, but one of them is the cars alternator? The whole thing sounds like magic.

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This transmission is known as a ‘2 speed cvt’. It uses a traditional planetary gear for takeoff and switches to the cvt for everything else

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