How come we can’t just add X amount of gears to a transmission and have one of the most efficient cars ever?

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How come we can’t just add X amount of gears to a transmission and have one of the most efficient cars ever?

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More gears more weight plus cost. CVT’s on the other hand can be more efficient but can only handle a relative low amount of power. For automatics we’re still trying to find the perfect amount of gears. We’ve found that for manual 6 seems to be the best for efficiency and power.

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