The diversity in today's transmissions is finally bringing in a golden age... except for manual transmission fans (though still the most economical option, automatics have grossly improved with all of these new technologies).
* Hybrids are largely "Power Split Devices" (Toyota / Ford / etc. etc.) which use a planetary gearset to kinda-sorta make a CVT-like approach.
* CVTs with belts and/or cones are all available, to varying qualities.
* Dry DCTs have created sub-100ms shifts in automatic transmissions
* ZF8 (wet-clutch planetary gear / torque-converter traditional automatic) has sub 200ms shifts (~150ms or so for the typical ZF-8). Just old tech but done exceptionally well today.
* Hybrids are largely "Power Split Devices" (Toyota / Ford / etc. etc.) which use a planetary gearset to kinda-sorta make a CVT-like approach.
* CVTs with belts and/or cones are all available, to varying qualities.
* Dry DCTs have created sub-100ms shifts in automatic transmissions
* ZF8 (wet-clutch planetary gear / torque-converter traditional automatic) has sub 200ms shifts (~150ms or so for the typical ZF-8). Just old tech but done exceptionally well today.