Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience

Re:Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience by everybodyknows on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @04:58PM (#44652918)

Was told by a mechanic a few months back that continuously-variable transmissions are standard in gas cars now, but have reliability problems. Old-tech automatics can (could?) still be had from Toyota and Mazda.

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Re:Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience by Marsymars on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @05:47PM (#44653372)

Note that the eCVT that Toyota/Ford (and soon Mazda) use in their hybrids is mechanically entirely different from classic CVTs.

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Re:Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience by vel0city on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @06:29PM (#44653745)

Note that not all Ford hybrids are eCVTs. Hybrid Explorers don't have eCVTs, for example.

But Mavericks and some of their newer hybrids are eCVTs.

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Re:Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience by elabajaba on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @05:52PM (#44653412)

E-CVTs are extremely reliable and are different from CVTs (CVTs use a belt attached to 2 cones, E-CVTs are just a single planetary gear set), but a lot of car guys and even some mechanics don't realize they're completely different.

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Re:Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience by nothercastle on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @05:13PM (#44653081)

Nah only Subaru and nisssan. 10 speed automatics are most common.

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Re:Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience by Marsymars on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @05:46PM (#44653366)

Most Japanese manufacturers are moving pretty heavily to CVTs. (And Americans have a smattering of them across their lines.)

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Re:Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience by orloffm on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @06:10AM (#44657494)

Subarus have chain-based CVTs which are presumably better than usual belt-based ones.

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