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The German company ZF, a major supplier of automatic transmissions and related components, has become the new partner of Mahindra Racing, participating in the Formula E Champioship. Thanks to the joint efforts, ZF experts and tech specialists of Mahindra have already set in motion the development process of under-the-hood components for the 2020/21 season.
ZF
has recently announced the appointment of Dr. Martin Fischer, former Hella and
BorgWarner (BW) executive, as a new member of the ZF executive board. It is
planned that Mr. Fisher will join the board in early November and take the lead
in driver assist systems, electronics, active and passive safety, the North and
South America regions, and corporate quality.
The German company Zekkert has recently announced expanding the range of its clutch kits. New solutions are intended for such models as Nissan Juke and Nissan Quashqai. According to the company’s press office, now there are 25 new product items available for potential customers.
The most common symptom of the automatic transmission malfunction lies in kicks and jerks during the process of gear shifting. In this article, we will explore the main causes of kicks and jerks in automatic transmissions and give some recommendations on how to deal with such issues.
A well-known car enthusiast Matt Farah has recently proved technical superiority of automatic technologies, showing that it’s real to “clutch kick” with Porsche’s PDK transmission in a 911 GT3 RS.
Motor State Distributing, a major distributor of racing tools and high performance auto parts, has added Bowler Performance Transmissions to its growing vendor product range.
Infiniti and Renault F1 Team have finished the main development stage of their highly-efficient, dual-hybrid powertrain designed for the Infiniti Project Black S prototype.
The FCA’s development center has recently opened an advanced Vehicle Dynamics Simulator (VDS) testing platform. Thanks to the availability of 9 running directions and specific driver calibration, this sophisticated simulator emulates the natural driving behavior.
The
leading Chinese car manufacturer Geely gradually strengthens its positions on
the international automotive market. This year, the company opened a research
center in Frankfurt. In Germany, Geely not only develops its future technologies,
but also obtains the main car components. For instance, transmission units are
designed by Magna Powertrain.
The Genesis G70 sports sedan is starting its 2-nd model year with several upgrades and an insignificant price rise. Admirers of manually shifted cars are certainly happy to find out that the manual option will be available for the 2020 model, but initially it was planned to include a gear stick variant only for the 2019 model.
Only a few years ago, it was hard to imagine that sports cars would shift from classic manuals to automatic and dual-clutch transmissions. Some fans of classic sports cars are extremely disappointed with this automation trend, but Porsche says that you no longer need a stick to drive a ‘real’ Porsche.
Nowadays, many modern cars (passenger cars as well as SUVs) more and more often are equipped with a CVT transmission instead of a conventional automatic transmission. Transmission fluid in CVT transmissions plays no less important role than in conventional automatic transmissions. Thus, well-timed changing of transmission fluid in the CVT unit is considered to be a key maintenance procedure.
Operating under extreme conditions, transmissions installed in Le Mans racing cars still have to timely deliver the necessary amount of torque to the wheels to increase the team's chances of winning. To put it simply, the transmission must be durable and Ricardo knows for sure how to achieve this goal.
The media source GM Authority has gained access to curious data on the abovementioned judicial cases. According to these materials, the automaker may have been well informed about the problems connected to its 8L90 and 8L45 transmission units as far back as September of 2014.
The Powershift transmission case settlement that was challenged in court has been for reexamination after the appellate court detected significant contradictions with the package deal being "just" and "appropriate" for consumers. Currently, the lawsuit is at the state of the case revision.
Probably every transmission repair specialist was keen on LEGO constructions or at least enjoyed making some minor things with their hands. Here's the game taken to a new level of creativity!
Modern auto industry is full of sophisticated drivetrain technologies which are supposed to make your driving experience even more pleasant and trouble-free. Despite a great abundance of sophisticated technical solutions, it is highly likely that very few people know a transmission solution operating like a manual CVT.
Over recent years engineers developed a lot of gear shifting solutions for different car brands, which may seem a bit unusual for oldtime drivers. In this article we will review the most peculiar gear stick technologies and provide video materials related to these technologies.
Only few people know about transmission concepts which were popular 70-90 years ago. For men of today, these gearboxes may seem very unusual and weird, but even now some gearboxes that date back to those years are quite competitive in comparison with modern transmissions.
Nowadays Extroid CVTs are commonly known as “toroidal” due to the fact that the working surface of driving and driven discs in this transmission has the form of a torus. Extroid CVT is not a V-belt transmission, but a friction drive CVT.