And how is it different from automatic? Also, do you have to switch beats manually or can you just drive normally like you would an automatic car?
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So, you know cones? Circle at the bottom, tapering up to a point?
Well, if you have two cones (well, two sets of two cones, but that’s a physical detail), you can slide a belt up and down them to run the belt over different diameter circles. An continuous range of them, at different diameter ratios.
Normally to change a gear ratio, you have to mesh different size gears together in a gearbox. The above is like having just two gears, the radius of which you can change at will.
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