Abstract
Continuously variable transmission technology currently offers the greatest potential to reduce automotive emissions. The torque-controlled CVT shown here offers a novel solution to several drawbacks currently shown in other CVT designs. In an attempt to improve and optimize the design without using the costly 'trial and error' design method, a fully detailed drive-train model has been created. Stepping away from the traditional approach of using pre-existing software packages, everything within this model has been created from first principles, allowing a high level of customization and control. The process described has successfully been used to predict how the CVT would behave were it placed in a real automotive situation.
