'D-Drive' - CVT utilising toothed gears only

[boostjuice]

Fascinating!

[youtube]F6zE__J0YIU[/youtube]

 

[Teh Stork]

Very interesting

 

[gogo]

Is this the same thing, or similar?

Nohassel motor drive project

 

[Hugh-Jassman]

ok there is a lot more info on the you tube page.

 

[Joe90]

Toyota prius does that with it's 2 motors and engine
When you go to basics, It's a common differential, just setup differently.

 

[dequinox]

That's interesting. Minus is it requires 2 motors to operate... but it looks like it could be compactified well enough. A harmonic drive would still be better for our purposes though I think.

 

[liveforphysics]

So much pointless loss.