Hybrid Synergy Drive (HSD), also known as Toyota Hybrid System II, is the brand name of Toyota Motor Corporation for the hybrid car drive train technology used in vehicles with the Toyota and Lexus marques.

Oct 21, 2020 · Toyota Hybrid Transmissions – No Gears, No CVT Belts Toyota hybrids don’t rely on conventional geared transmissions or even the troublesome belt-driven CVTs in many new vehicles.

As a leader in the gas-electric hybrid space, Toyota has been utilizing the CVT technology to great effect. These are Toyota models with and without CVT, including the model years when that transmission is available.

Sep 2, 2023 · To the best of my knowledge all Toyota hybrid cars/CUVs are eCVT. You'll have to focus on a specific model/year and check the specs for it

The Toyota RAV4 Hybrid and Prime contain an electronically controlled CVT (ECVT), while the gasoline-only RAV4 doesn’t have a CVT. Every trim of the Hybrid/Prime lineup contains this ECVT with sequential shift mode.

Aug 18, 2023 · It featured a direct-injection four-cylinder paired with a continuously variable transmission (CVT) and a single motor-generator unit. Instead of a battery, the Prius concept utilized a...

Feb 15, 2023 · The hybrid eCVT is a CVT in name only, for lack of better name. It uses a single planetary gear, two electric motor-generators and the ICE to distribute power (newer generations use additional gears, but the operating principle is the same).

Dec 27, 2020 · That power is refined through an electronically controlled Continuously Variable Transmission (ECVT) with sequential shift mode to deliver: Up to an EPA-estimated 35 mpg in the city and 35 mpg on the highway.

Oct 31, 2023 · It's actually simpler than a conventional automatic transmission, with no clutches and fewer moving parts. Rather than changing gears (or adjusting the belt on a CVT) in response to the gas engine's output and the throttle, the eCVT adjusts the two (different-sized) electric motor-generator units.

Oct 8, 1999 · Tokyo―TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC), riding on the success of its hot-selling hybrid Prius sedan, leaped two more steps ahead of the competition today when it unveiled its new minivan-minded Toyota Hybrid System-CVT (THS-C) and the world's first hybrid 4-wheel-drive powertrain, the "E-Four."