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That's not how I read it. The gasoline engine can't turn the wheels, it can only charge the batteries.
by grecy 8y ago
That'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!)