How to Use drivetrain in a Sentence

drivetrain

noun

• The shifters snick-snick the drivetrain through the gears lightly and crisply.
  — Popular Mechanics Test Team, Popular Mechanics, 17 July 2020
• Stick a drivetrain in a frame, slap two to four wheels on it, and hop on.
  — Boone Ashworth, Wired, 17 Jan. 2020
• But the joy of the Type S is not just in its eager drivetrain.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2021
• The fenders were off, the hood was off, the drivetrain wasn’t completed and the seats were out.
  — A.j. Baime, WSJ, 10 Apr. 2021
• Chevy said the new drivetrain weighs about 55 pounds less than the old V6-nine-speed pairing.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
• The drivetrain is common across all the cars and has been supplied by Kreisel.
  — James Morris, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022
• Hub motors don’t create the wear and tear on drivetrain parts, like the chain, that mid-drives do.
  — Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 30 Aug. 2020
• The huge lids covering the drivetrain, fore and aft, serve as a giant bundling board.
  — G. Gordon Liddy, Car and Driver, 30 Sep. 2020
• That’s the sound of beads caught up in the drivetrain of Toler’s truck, slapping the undercarriage as the wheels turn.
  — al, 28 Feb. 2022
• The recipe is simple: Take a classic and stuff in a newer drivetrain.
  — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 15 Sep. 2020
• The Reatta's drivetrain is as smooth and relaxed as any big Buick's.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 27 Nov. 2020
• Along with a sturdier frame and a stronger drivetrain, they were buoyed by Bilstein shocks and rode on chunky 31-inch tires.
  — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 28 Sep. 2020
• Turn a knob just above its battery to set the torque limit of the clutch to disengage the drivetrain and motor.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 29 June 2023
• This bike has a 3 x 7 drivetrain for 21 gears, though some of the lower gears will have trouble staying in place.
  — Maggie Slepian, Popular Mechanics, 5 July 2022
• And the conversions are made in such a way that switching back to the original drivetrain can be done.
  — New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2024
• More than 85% of nacelle assemblies – which house the drivetrain – are also made in the U.S.
  — Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 7 June 2022
• Gone is the front-wheel-drive B4 drivetrain that made 194 horsepower.
  — Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 27 June 2023
• But there's clever stuff happening in the drivetrain, too.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2023
• That’s measured at the wheels, after the torque has been multiplied by gearing in the drivetrain.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2022
• As the drivetrain is shared with the dual-motor version of the Polestar 2, that car’s performance is also shared by the XC40 recharge.
  — Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
• The Panamera sedan saw the emergence of E-hybrid, Porsche’s plug-in hybrid drivetrain.
  — Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, 14 May 2018
• The overall effect, GMA says, is a drivetrain that is even more accessible than that of the T.50.
  — Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
• The drivetrain in the MX-30 feels detuned, maybe to stretch the range of its small battery pack, which leads us to our next performance demerit.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 4 Oct. 2021
• My first drive had a razor focus on the Golf R’s new all-wheel-drive system, drivetrain and running gear.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2021
• While riding, kids can take advantage of the 18-speed drivetrain and use the twist shifter to adjust the speed depending on the terrain.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 24 Aug. 2023
• Compact and mean looking, aside from the shrieking drivetrain, the Mission R is easy to drive quickly.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 6 Dec. 2021
• The absence of a drivetrain also contributes to the mower’s light weight: 68 pounds.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 10 June 2021
• The drivetrain requires you to stop and shift into neutral before shifting from rear-drive to four-wheel high, and then again from four high to low.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2022
• Most surprisingly, both the internal-combustion and electric drivetrains will pair to a six-speed manual transmission.
  — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2024
• Seasoned riders, for instance, might feel more comfortable having that precise control over drivetrain engagement.
  — New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024