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The toyota ecvt system is engineering brilliance. I think fords system is similar but took a while to get there. Tons of youtubes on how it works if you like this sort of thing. This is the route of my earlier statement of peak automotive engineering. Boring, simple, and usefull.
The CVT aspect has no actual gear shifts or changing of pullies, belts, or clutches. It is a differential drive on a single planetary gear set with the IC engine, 2 motors, and the output. The effective ratio is varied by the relative speeds of the motors which can add power or harvest power in the process.
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