Applications

The NuVinci CVT may be applicative to abounding altered articles appliance a automated ability transmission. The alone appliance currently commercialized is the internally geared bike hub. The NuVinci CVT replaces derailleurs and added internally-geared hubs, and provides a accessory arrangement ambit of about 350%, agnate to that on bicycles with 8 or 9-speed hub gears, or with bifold alternation rings (most antagonism or fast alley bicycles).13 This ambit is somewhat beneath than the 526% ambit begin on bicycles with a Rohloff 14-speed hub accessory or a lot of mountain/hybrid/touring bicycles with amateur chainrings. By accepted standards, a NuVinci bike hub is advised heavy. The additional bearing archetypal N171B weighs amid 3.85 and 3.95 kilograms (8.5 and 8.7 lb), including freewheel and ascent hardware.14 The N360 archetypal appear aboriginal September 2010 weighs 2.45 kg (5.4 lb).15 That aforementioned commodity credibility out that "the accumulated weight of Shimano SLX foreground and rear derailleurs, shifters, freehub and cassette comes out to about 1.3 kg (2.9 lb)". However, the NuVinci CVT is targeted appear the beneath weight-conscientious (cruiser-, comfort-, and commuter) segments.

The aggregation is aswell developing articles based on the CVT assemblage for automotive applications