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Title: Small passenger car transmission test: Mercury Lynx ATX transmission

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5421196· OSTI ID:5421196

The small passenger car transmission test was initiated to supply electric vehicle manufacturers with technical information regarding the performance of commercially available transmissions. This information would enable EV manufacturers to design a more energy efficient vehicle. With this information the manufacturers would be able to estimate vehicle driving range as well as speed and torque requirements for specific road load performance characteristics. This report covers the 1981 Mercury Lynx ATX transaxle. This transmission was tested per a passenger car automatic transmission test code (SAE J65lb) which required drive performance, coast performance, and no load test conditions. Under these test conditions the transmission attained maximum efficiencies in the 93% range for drive performance tests. The major results of this test are the torque, speed and efficiency curves which are located in the data section of this report. These graphs map performance characteristics for the Mercury Lynx ATX transmission.

Research Organization:
Eaton Corp., Southfield, MI (USA). Engineering and Research Center
DOE Contract Number:
AI01-77CS51044
OSTI ID:
5421196
Report Number(s):
DOE/NASA/0124-7; NASA-CR-165510; ERC-TR-8191; ON: DE82014968
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English