Is the Elantra CVT transmission using a steel belt or a chain?
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The Elantra CVT transmission uses a chain. Below is relevant information about CVT: 1. Principle of CVT: There is a drive shaft on one side and an output shaft on the other, connected by a pressure steel belt in the middle. Different gear ratios are achieved by adjusting the working radius of the pressure steel belt. The pressure steel belt operates between two sets of cone discs, with one half of each cone disc capable of moving slightly. When the cone discs move inward, they squeeze the pressure steel belt, increasing its working radius and thus achieving continuously variable transmission. 2. Pressure steel belt: It consists of hundreds of special high-strength steel plates arranged horizontally and connected by two sets of high-strength flexible steel belt rings. This design ensures both flexibility and rigidity during rotation. In fact, power transmission relies more on thrust rather than pull, and the horizontally arranged steel plates provide sufficient friction. Combined with the strong squeezing force of the cone discs, it effectively ensures power transmission.