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New Volkswagen MQ281 manual gearbox shaves up to 5g CO2/km

Green Car Congress

This enabled us to design a completely new oil conduction system. Using a variety of oil conduction measures, we are able to achieve a uniform and optimum lubrication of gear wheels and bearings, reducing the amount of lifetime oil required to just 1.5 Here we employed virtual development methods. —Helmut Göbbels.