Transmission and driveline having a tilting ball variator continuously variable transmission

A continuously variable transmission comprising:

• an input portion drivingly engaged with a power source;
• a planetary gear arrangement comprising:
• a carrier,
• a plurality of planet gears,
• a sun gear, and
• a ring gear, wherein the carrier is drivingly engaged with the input portion;
• a continuously variable tilting ball variator comprising:
• a first drive ring,
• a plurality of variator ball assemblies each assembly having a variator ball and variator axis, tiltably disposed on and drivingly engaged with a variator ball carrier coupled to a variator shaft,
• the variator shaft, and
• a second drive ring, wherein the variator is drivingly engaged with the planetary gear arrangement and the input portion;
• and
• a first clutching device configured to be selectively drivingly engaged with a portion of the continuously variable tilting ball variator, wherein the first clutching device and the planetary gear arrangement facilitate a transition between at least two operating modes of the continuously variable tilting ball variator.