Yeah, I remember it used pulley’s but had no idea it was being used today. In what? Thanks for the info.
The pulley contraption is generally called a CVT, for Continuously Variable Transmission.
Several vehicles use this sort of transmission, including, but not limited to:
Ford Five Hundred
Ford Freestyle
Ford Escape Hybrid
Ford Focus C-MAX
Mercury Montego
Mercury Mariner Hybrid
Toyota Prius
Toyota Camry Hybrid
Toyota Highlander Hybrid
Nissan Altima
Nissan Maxima
Nissan Murano
Nissan Sentra
Honda Civic
Honda Insight
This motorcycle system is fluid-based, rather than belt, but the term Infinitely Variable is a bit of a misnomer. There are upper and lower bounds on the transmission ratio, just like a belt-driven one.... just different bounds....