Great video! I hadn't thought about how the physical 1st gear takes the bulk of the load, reducing wear and tear on the belt. Another good thing - the physical 1st gear also increases the overall total gear ratio range or spread, i.e. a traditional CVT may only have a 2.5 to 1 ratio spread, but with the physical 1st gear, now the transmission has a higher spread. If that makes sense. Because one of CVT's problems *is* that lack of gear ratio range, forcing the designers to either choose a low numerical gear ratio for the differential for good mileage, or a higher numerical ratio for off-the-line performance but at the expense of economy.
New Holland put a cvt on the 8NA boomer back in 2010ish. All I hear is it is to be avoided. Most tractors have gears or hydrostatic, and gears last longer. That said the ecvt is better and I hope they get better. Meanwhile I'm avoidibg them.
The Fendt Vario is a closer relative design wise to the Toyota ecvt, with the planetary gear set. I hear they are very reliable if looked after. Of course other companies do their imitations to varying degree of success. ZF makes a similar CVT that seems to be successful in most applications.
Cvt's are fine, I have a 2016 subaru crosstrek with 149,000 with no issues. If you don't do proper maintenance on any transmission, you will have problems. I trust the cvt so much i just got a crosstrek wilderness
Still rocking with my prius 2011 the mil almost 28+++++ and still working. On time service and dont focus on modify for performence the engine will be fine. Performence for daily use not bad and the fuel consumption is realy good😅
I like your lexus. Very nice setup. Been considering trading in my 2008 RX400H for either a new RX500H F Sport, or a certified pre-owned GX series. But Lexus really disappointed me with that turbo 4 banger. While although the electric motors make up for the turbo lag, or so they say, the 0-60 just doesn't match the price tag, and honestly it's not all that much faster than my old granny 400H. Recently sold my Tacoma, because my little peice of heaven became way too crowded with all the tuner car kids trading in their Civics to build a "overland" Tacoma as they call it. Obviously i'm all about the SAS culture, overlanding isn't my thing, and I got tired of towing factory Tacos out of the trail for free. Leaning towards just doing a light lift and some light gear on a GX.
@@LexusGX460-OFF-ROAD Yeh I was reading that the lexus had switched to CVT with rubber belts. If that was the case they would die fairly quickly I would have thought
Making a channel on just one model of a car (GX460) is........ not gonna get you a lot of subs but even then there's no guarantee of success unless there's excellence.
My old Subaru Legacy had abyssmal torque and power with the CVT... the acceleration was absent and you do not feel the HP. Please Lexus stay away from this trash technology.
Your not lying Subaru CVTs are trash my 2019 only lasted till 120k, ended up getting it fixed through warranty and got a Lexus GS350. I heard someone with a 2024 model lasting about 200 miles 😂
Great video! I hadn't thought about how the physical 1st gear takes the bulk of the load, reducing wear and tear on the belt. Another good thing - the physical 1st gear also increases the overall total gear ratio range or spread, i.e. a traditional CVT may only have a 2.5 to 1 ratio spread, but with the physical 1st gear, now the transmission has a higher spread. If that makes sense. Because one of CVT's problems *is* that lack of gear ratio range, forcing the designers to either choose a low numerical gear ratio for the differential for good mileage, or a higher numerical ratio for off-the-line performance but at the expense of economy.
Thank you for the info on the DCVT that no one else explained the reason the new gen Toyota CVT are more reliable.
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I have CVT on my Toyota Avensis/Camry, it’s amazing the gear change is totally imperceptible!
Wouldn't it be funny if the CVT finally completed it's evolution and overcame all it's problems and the final result was a geared transmission?
When I heard they made CVT’s for farm tractors, I figured Toyota could actually make one reliable.
You make a very logical point 😃 ❤️
Yes. Excited to see what they'll do next!
Yup..things gettin better..wander when it will be applied on heavy duty truck trailers..
New Holland put a cvt on the 8NA boomer back in 2010ish. All I hear is it is to be avoided. Most tractors have gears or hydrostatic, and gears last longer. That said the ecvt is better and I hope they get better. Meanwhile I'm avoidibg them.
The Fendt Vario is a closer relative design wise to the Toyota ecvt, with the planetary gear set. I hear they are very reliable if looked after. Of course other companies do their imitations to varying degree of success. ZF makes a similar CVT that seems to be successful in most applications.
Hell toyota has used cvts for decades. They easily go to half a million miles in Prius taxis and Ubers.
those are e-CVTs in the Prius they do NOT have steel belts... this dCVT is a steel belt type of CVT
@@LexusGX460-OFF-ROAD and imagine how much more reliable they will be
Amazing we need more of these in the American market.
Cvt's are fine, I have a 2016 subaru crosstrek with 149,000 with no issues. If you don't do proper maintenance on any transmission, you will have problems. I trust the cvt so much i just got a crosstrek wilderness
I'm looking to Crosstrek, but because It has cvt , I'm little bit hesitant about. What is your experience on that?
No issues so far@@engcuz
Subaru cvt is good.
Still rocking with my prius 2011 the mil almost 28+++++ and still working. On time service and dont focus on modify for performence the engine will be fine. Performence for daily use not bad and the fuel consumption is realy good😅
Nice addition. Thanks👍🏽👍🏽
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Yes he's right, great addition 👍
Great discussion of this misunderstood topic. Great graph of torque curves by gear-I've not seen that one before.
I like your lexus. Very nice setup. Been considering trading in my 2008 RX400H for either a new RX500H F Sport, or a certified pre-owned GX series. But Lexus really disappointed me with that turbo 4 banger. While although the electric motors make up for the turbo lag, or so they say, the 0-60 just doesn't match the price tag, and honestly it's not all that much faster than my old granny 400H. Recently sold my Tacoma, because my little peice of heaven became way too crowded with all the tuner car kids trading in their Civics to build a "overland" Tacoma as they call it. Obviously i'm all about the SAS culture, overlanding isn't my thing, and I got tired of towing factory Tacos out of the trail for free. Leaning towards just doing a light lift and some light gear on a GX.
Awesome explanation 👍
He's the only source I trust on this topic!
Thank you 🙂
My 09 rav4 cvt k111f has 191000km no problems at all.
Is this transmission on the new 23 rx350s too?
yes 350h
Just have a Metal Chain F1 Style CVT
Is this the same transmission on the Corolla Cross?
Yes the cross is fitted the the launch gear as well..I own one..
I wonder can the combine the cvt with a turbo?
Lexus rx500h
In europe we have Toyota auris 8nr fts 1.2turbo cvt, a pleasure to drive with toyota reliability.
Very good question
man, great explanation!
john deer e.a. use cvt for long time
It's a rubber belt not metal I think
traditional CVT is a segmented steel push-belt
@@LexusGX460-OFF-ROAD Yeh I was reading that the lexus had switched to CVT with rubber belts. If that was the case they would die fairly quickly I would have thought
Making a channel on just one model of a car (GX460) is........ not gonna get you a lot of subs but even then there's no guarantee of success unless there's excellence.
Oh they'll break if you don't do scheduled maintenance, just like any other cvt or automatic
My old Subaru Legacy had abyssmal torque and power with the CVT... the acceleration was absent and you do not feel the HP. Please Lexus stay away from this trash technology.
How was it while off roading?
It’s not trash
@@HamadaEizan hehe never offroaded in that sedan. but I can ensure you it was super gutless getting around town.
@@flight2k5 gas pedal felt delayed and powerless :(
Your not lying Subaru CVTs are trash my 2019 only lasted till 120k, ended up getting it fixed through warranty and got a Lexus GS350. I heard someone with a 2024 model lasting about 200 miles 😂
ECVT, same as in all the hybrid platforms. Lexus IS no different
This is a D-CVT only Lexus/Toyota have it... physical first gear. The E-CVT/Hybrid Synergy Drive is a Toyota/Lexus patent... only they have it 😉
Lmaooo won’t break… bought a 2024 corolla with this garbage in it and the car randomly jerks when driving already. It’s garbage avoid it