5 ms·
It's a hybrid though. It can run completely on the gasoline engine.
by liaukovv 8y ago
It's a hybrid though.
It can run completely on the gasoline engine.
- grecy 8y agoThat's not how I read it. The gasoline engine can't turn the wheels, it can only charge the batteries.
- liaukovv 8y agoThat's how all hybrids work. This allows to make combustion engine smaller and less powerful while still providing high-power bursts by buffering energy in a battery.
- jacquesm 8y ago> That's how all hybrids work. No it isn't. There are series hybrids and parallel hybrids. https://www.ucsusa.org/clean-vehicles/electric-vehicles/series-vs-parallel-drivetrains https://www.ucsusa.org/clean-vehicles/electric-vehicles/seri...
- liaukovv 8y agoAlright, W-15 is still a hybrid.
- rini17 8y agoNot all, Toyota Prius has special gearbox that connects both combustion and electric engines to wheels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_Synergy_Drive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_Synergy_Drive
- Reason077 8y agoRight. But it’s still a hybrid in the sense that it can run on fossil fuels. You have the option of plugging it in, but it can run on gasoline too. (Toyota dubiously calls their plugless parallel hybrids “self charging electric vehicles” in UK ads!)
- mchannon 8y agoProbably most accurate to call it a plug-in hybrid. Something else to add to my wish list to Santa.
- jpindar 8y ago>dual electric motors will move the truck smartly down the road using only electricity from the battery. The 3-cylinder range extender motor sourced from BMW is just there to replenish the battery when needed. Sounds like a series hybrid to me. On some series hybrids the engine isn't connected to the wheels at all.