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Can a Prius keep going if one of its ICE or EV motors dies? Then its not complexity, its redundancy!
by VectorLock 3y ago
Can a Prius keep going if one of its ICE or EV motors dies? Then its not complexity, its redundancy!
- Gareth321 3y agoDepends what, but mostly yes. If the battery fails then the engine is used permanently. If the engine fails then the battery can be used for its limited range.
- bestham 3y agoNo, the 12V battery, the hybrid battery and the combustion engine all need to work for the vehicle to function.
- red369 3y agoI also think this is correct. Apart from the fact that any reasonably modern cars will usually go into limp-home modes, or even stop driving, if errors are detected, I seem to remember something about an electric drive motor needing to spin backwards when driving using the combustion engine. That feels wrong as I write it, but I remember it being something fundamental to the planetary "Power Split Device".