How to Use drivetrain in a Sentence

drivetrain

noun

• This means there's no chain, belt, or even a shaft-drive drivetrain.
  — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 10 May 2025
• Stick a drivetrain in a frame, slap two to four wheels on it, and hop on.
  — Boone Ashworth, Wired, 17 Jan. 2020
• There are then four options for range and drivetrain from there.
  — New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2025
• The shifters snick-snick the drivetrain through the gears lightly and crisply.
  — Popular Mechanics Test Team, Popular Mechanics, 17 July 2020
• But the joy of the Type S is not just in its eager drivetrain.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2021
• 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
• That's why many urban cyclists pare such drivetrains down.
  — New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2025
• The drivetrain is common across all the cars and has been supplied by Kreisel.
  — James Morris, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022
• The huge lids covering the drivetrain, fore and aft, serve as a giant bundling board.
  — G. Gordon Liddy, Car and Driver, 30 Sep. 2020
• The frame, wheels and drivetrain are not affected when the pedals and stem are swapped.
  — Shirl Leigh july 26, New Atlas, 26 July 2026
• 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
• So what makes the two drivetrains different?
  — Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 29 Oct. 2025
• That frame will also be optimized for a belt-drive drivetrain, which will be paired with a wider-range hub motor.
  — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
• The Reatta's drivetrain is as smooth and relaxed as any big Buick's.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 27 Nov. 2020
• And the conversions are made in such a way that switching back to the original drivetrain can be done.
  — New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2024
• The truck pairs a smart drivetrain with a range-extending hybrid system.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 25 Mar. 2026
• 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 got no changes, but remains capable.
  — Mark Phelan, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
• 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
• Pedals are connected to a drivetrain that turns a paddlewheel in the stern.
  — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2019
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Front-wheel drive Front-wheel drive is one of the most common drivetrains found in regular vehicles.
  — Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 25 Jan. 2026
• 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
• Sustainable, yes, but also sold and supported in a way that feels as modern as the drivetrain itself.
  — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
• 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
• That frame also functions as an integrated heatsink for the drivetrain, as part of the cooling system.
  — New Atlas, 21 May 2026
• The old thinking that a 15 percent loss happens in the drivetrain is outdated.
  — David Beard, Car and Driver, 13 May 2020
• Gone is the front-wheel-drive B4 drivetrain that made 194 horsepower.
  — Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 27 June 2023