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Re: New CVT technology
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Originally Posted by Viper37 View Post
It would be terrible for a robot.

CVT has no way of preparing for an impact such as 2 robots crashing into each other.

100% of the time you would lose a pushing match against a geared robot.


I know from experience, my moms SUV has CVT and ive pushed it to its limits out at Laguna Seca Raceway.
I think that saying 100% of the time is a bit bold. The technology is unproven, and it would probably require a different driving strategy as well as some design considerations to accomodate the different demands of the system, but just striking it down at this point seems a bit hasty to me.
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