{"id":1710,"date":"2011-01-26T12:07:14","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T17:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smallvehicles.wordpress.com\/?p=1710"},"modified":"2011-01-26T12:07:14","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T17:07:14","slug":"new-transmission-to-improve-small-ev-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/26\/new-transmission-to-improve-small-ev-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"New Transmission To Improve Small EV Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fallbrook Technologies NuVinci Transmission Technology<\/p><\/div>\n

Fallbrook Technologies and TEAM Industries are collaborating to produce a new transmission for small electric vehicles such as golf cars and LSVs.?? They will be supplying Tomberlin with the new transmissions starting with a prototype for their Anvil LSV.?? Fallbrook is bringing their NuVinci transmission technology to the collaboration while TEAM Industries has experience in designing and manufacturing drivetrains for small recreational and off-road vehicles.?? I spoke with Tomberlin and while they do not have a set date for an Anvil with the new technology to hit dealer showrooms they are looking to move to market as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

The NuVinci design is similar to “toroidal” continuously variable transmission but Fallbrook CEO claims states that the NuVinci design “…has about half the number of parts as a typical CVT, and that it will ultimately be able to produce its EV powertrain for about half the price.”???? Fallbrook refers to the Nuvinci as a variable planetary transmission (CVP), which uses a set of tilting and rotating balls to effect a continuously variable transmission ratio.?? Last month Fallbrook reported that it raised about $39 million in equity financing, giving the San Diego-based company a total of about $95 million in financing since 2000.?? Learn more:?? Autoobserver.com<\/a><\/p>\n

On a related note TEAM Industries recently received their 10th patent for electronics and control algorithm for TEAM???s SmartLocker electronic traction control differential system which is used for light automotive, recreational and off-road vehicles.<\/p>\n

On surfaces with good traction, a vehicle equipped with the SmartLocker system will stay in 2-wheel drive with a turf-friendly, easy steering, open differential. On slippery surfaces, the system will detect the amount of slip and automatically decide whether to send power to the front wheels and decide how tight to lock the differential(s).<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Management reports that the technology will be in a vehicle in the spring of this year.?? Learn more:?? Bemidjipioneer.com<\/a>
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Fallbrook Technologies and TEAM Industries are collaborating to produce a new transmission for small electric vehicles such as golf cars and LSVs.?? They will be supplying Tomberlin with the new transmissions starting with a prototype for their Anvil LSV.?? Fallbrook … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,18,23,25,26],"tags":[92,298,304,323,487,920,1187,1286,1288,1320,1333],"class_list":["post-1710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electric-vehicles","category-nev","category-sales-figures","category-sourcing","category-technology","tag-anvil","tag-controller","tag-cpt","tag-cvt","tag-fallbrook-technologies","tag-nuvinci","tag-smartlocker","tag-team-industries","tag-technology-2","tag-tomberlin","tag-transmission"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}