The first continuously variable transmission fitted to an automobile actually has its roots in the late 19th century, though the technology has only become popular in the last two decades or so. While ...

I have two pieces of good news and one piece of bad news. Which one do you want first? Okay let’s start with the most important piece of good news: There’s a Bugatti Chiron that you might actually be ...

Letting 1930s GM teach you how a transmission works is great and all, but 1930s technology was limited in that it couldn't actually show you the internal bits of a transmission in motion. Luckily, ...

The automatic transmission in your average automobile can be a complicated, hydraulic-y thing full of spooky fluids and many spinning parts. However, simpler designs for “automatic” gearboxes exist, ...

You don't have to doubt the level of your maturity for reading this material. As every kid who's had their present assembled by their father instead is very much aware, LEGO knows no age. The ...

Continuously variable transmissions are among the most subtly divisive pieces of kit the automotive industry has yet assembled. A near-infinite number of gear ratios allows cars to extract a few extra ...

There have been many amazing Lego creations over the last few decades including life size people and skyscrapers several stories high, but this latest creation might just take the cake. Documented in ...

In 2010, to the dismay of his family, Renault hybrid expert Nicolas Fremau spent his holiday break assembling a small-scale transmission out of Lego Technic parts. Fremau didn't know it at the time, ...

As a child, I believed that every LEGO set I completed brought me one step closer to being an engineer. And as it turns out, that’s not totally outlandish, as Renault proved during the development of ...

I have two pieces of good news and one piece of bad news. Which one do you want first? Okay let's start with the most important piece of good news: There's a Bugatti Chiron that you might actually be ...