Munich, - Now, BMW has found a solution by adopting a slider (shifter) manual gear. How, in the slider space is inserted or electrorheologic magnetorheologic fluid. Two, then work through the voltage sensor with a charge of changing the viscosity of the fluid. It is capable of blocking specific gear shift.
This technology is suitable for manual gearbox up to 8-speed. Even rumored, the transmission is operated shift-by-wire without using the clutch pedal. If renewal is successfully executed, the BMW has a way to provide fuel efficiency.
Last year, Porsche introduced the 7-speed manual transmission used in the 911 series. Now, technology is followed by BMW which will be launched soon, although at the beginning of its development are still having some problems. It was especially during the operation of each tooth is at risk of being wrong position because the location is very tight. The patent images from the E90 blog post that got leaked from BMW.
