Overdrive

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Overdrive is a mechanical unit containing epicyclic gears sized to allow an automobile to cruise at a sustained speed with reduced engine speed (rpm), leading to improved fuel consumption and reduced wear and noise level. The term is ambiguous.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Overdrive (mechanics)”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

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