Originally Posted by clinebarger
I'm not aware of a CVT in a Prius? "Element" Push Belt design CVT is much different!
Sorry, my error, then. I didn't know there were different CVT designs. In any case, the stepless automatic transmission in the Prius I drove some ten years ago was pretty smooth. I am told that in taxi service, here in Vancouver, the operators get very, very high mileages out of these Prius transmissions, as well.