The automatic transmission has been a given option through most our time behind the wheel, but that wasn’t always the case. In the early ’30s there was no such animal. The main purpose behind any ...

Where would the hard-core off-road community be without the auxiliary transmission known as a transfer case? Probably buried axle deep in sand or mud, that's where. And, what about rockcrawling? Ha!

With the many industrial gearboxes available today, it’s important to match the proper type of gearbox with the drive, motor, and load. When a machine needs a servosystem (drive and motor), the ...

Pretty much all mainstream electric cars integrate their electric motors with single-speed, often 10:1-ish gear reductions, mostly because it's cheap and easy, and it works. But now, the German ...

When Should You Shift Gears For Maximum Acceleration? In order to accelerate as fast as possible, it is necessary to know exactly when you should shift gears. Maximum acceleration occurs when wheel ...