Re:The Toyota Prius Transformed the Auto Industry
by jval43 on Saturday January 18, 2025 @04:15PM
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Mine doesn't do that. Is yours a Toyota eCVT or a different CVT implementation? It matters because eCVT is completely different mechanically from other CVTs.
The revving complaint is such a tired trope among car reviewers, especially German ones. Every reviewer without exception mentions how CVTs rev unnaturally and have a rubber-band effect. They just can't get past their expectation bias.
The worst thing is that it's not even true anymore for Toyotas latest gen. There is no rubber-band effect at all anymore, in fact because of the electric motors I get instant response. A regular car with gears or a turbo is way more sluggish. The only way I see constant high revs is to drive above 160 km/h (100 mph) on the German autobahn. Anything less and it just purrs along quietly.
The revving complaint is such a tired trope among car reviewers, especially German ones. Every reviewer without exception mentions how CVTs rev unnaturally and have a rubber-band effect. They just can't get past their expectation bias.
The worst thing is that it's not even true anymore for Toyotas latest gen. There is no rubber-band effect at all anymore, in fact because of the electric motors I get instant response. A regular car with gears or a turbo is way more sluggish. The only way I see constant high revs is to drive above 160 km/h (100 mph) on the German autobahn. Anything less and it just purrs along quietly.