eli5: Why does a CVT transmission still “shift” if it can be in any position and move seamlessly as they say?
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It only shifts like that with hard acceleration. I’m not sure if it does that to get to a more suitable gear ratio quicker or just for aesthetics.
Either way you can test this by slowly accelerating from 0 to 100 kph for example and you’ll notice that it doesn’t shift and just continuously gets faster while maintaining a decent RPM that doesn’t change much.
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