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Automatic Transmissions And Horse Riding..

February 5th, 2010

Our Transmissions work like a horse

[/caption] What do automatic transmissions have in common with horseback riding? No much. The thing that comes to mind is both automatic transmissions and competitive horse jumpers both operate in a smooth effortless manner. The smoother and more effortless the better. Both horses and [...]
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ZF 8-Speed Automatic Transmission

February 3rd, 2010

Thumbs up for ZF Transmissions

[/caption] Long known for its excellent passenger car automatic transmissions, ZF has designed another top notch transmission, its all-new 8-speed automatic transmission named as a 2010 Automotive News PACE Award (http://cmprsa.com/PACEAwards/tabid/81/Default.aspx) finalist. The ZF 8-speed automatic made its debut in the BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo and [...]
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Transmission Components: Torque Converters Part-1

September 24th, 2009
Torque converter — a torque converter is an integral part of an automatic transmission, basically a fluid-coupling device that also acts as a torque multiplier during initial acceleration.

Courtesy of TCI

[/caption] The torque converter consists of four primary components: Cover — the cover (also referred to as a front) is the outside half of [...]
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Transmission article: What was the first American Automatic Transmission?

August 9th, 2009
When I was asked what was the first American automatic transmission, I tried a search on “first car automatic transmission.” I did find an interesting article on how automatic transmissions work, but no answer to your question. Next I tried “automatic transmission history” and had better results. An article on the edmunds.com web site promised [...]
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General Motors Hybrid 2-Mode Transmissions..

March 2nd, 2009

GM 2 Mode Transmission

[/caption] GM has simplified the two-mode hybrid system for application in front-wheel drive vehicles—the Saturn VUE being the first instance —while retaining its functionality and capability, The RWD version of the two-mode used to power the full-size SUV and pickup hybrid models incorporates two motors, three planetary gearsets and four [...]
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