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Dec 2, 2022 · History of the automatic transmission. According to Tech Historian, the automatic transmission was first developed in the early 1900s by Karl Benz, who also invented the modern automobile. However, General Motors Corporation employees Edward A. Deeds and Charles F. Kettering developed the first automatic transmission widely employed in ...
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It wasn't until almost 10 years later in 1932 that the first automatic transmission that used hydraulic fluid was invented (this time by Brazilian engineers Fernando Lehly Lemos and José Braz Araripe). In the years that followed, companies like Chrysler and General Motors produced their own versions of the hydraulic automatic gearbox, but ...
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Automatic transmissions have been standard in large cars since at least 1974. [5] By 2020 only 2.4% of new cars had manual transmissions. [6] Historically, automatic transmissions were less efficient, but lower fuel prices in the US made this less of a problem than in Europe. [7]
Jul 7, 2023 · The roots of automatic transmissions date back to the early 20th century. We explore the pioneering designs that aimed to reduce the effort required in shifting gears. From the friction-based systems of the 1920s to the groundbreaking hydraulic designs of the 1940s, each innovation paved the way for the automatic transmissions we rely on today.
The first mass-produced automatic transmission, the hydra-matic, was developed by GM in the late 1930s. The (hydraulic) automatic transmission is a significantly more complex piece of equipment than the sliding-gear manual gearbox - it relies on complex hydraulic systems and fluid dynamics principles, instead of the centuries-old mechanical engineering principles of clutches and reduction ...
As automobile manufacturers began to recognize the benefits of automatic systems, the demand for more user-friendly driving options increased, leading to further innovations. First Successful Automatic Transmission: The 1940 Oldsmobile. The 1940 Oldsmobile marked a milestone in automotive history with the introduction of the Hydra-Matic ...
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Oct 12, 2017 · The history of the automatic transmission started way back in the 1930s with the General Motors Company’s introduction of the “Automatic Safety Transmission.”. This model had four forward gears, and was used in some Cadillac, Oldsmobile, and Buick models from 1937-1939. This transmission wasn’t very successful, however, due to cost and ...
