A. If we assume the two cars have the same ratios in the automatic transmissions - and weigh the same amount - the Forester with its 4.444 final-drive ratio will accelerate faster or will move off the ...

• The overall design determines basic drive mechanisms. • Motor-gearing combinations typically determine gear reduction ratios and other key parameters. It can be difficult to specify drive components ...

Put simply, gearing makes things turn faster or slower, or trades speed for torque. With it we can make our vehicles fly across terrain at crazy fast speeds or crawl super slow over boulders. Big ...

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Finding the right gear ratio for a particular track in a certain class of circle track racing may be as easy as asking your competitors. Most racers who regularly run the same racetrack each week will ...

In a 2013 presentation of the the 2014 Chevy Spark EV to SAE International, General Motors Steven Tarnowsky, Senior Manager of Electrification Systems Engineering, highlighted some mostly unknown ...

The off-road world thrives on rugged capability and raw power, and for years, side-by-side vehicles have relied on the trusty continuously variable transmission (CVT) to tackle everything from muddy ...