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Not at all. You still need every single component of an ICE vehicle. However, they all need to be electrically driven, rather than belt driven (since the engine
by SkyPuncher 3y ago
Not at all. You still need every single component of an ICE vehicle. However, they all need to be electrically driven, rather than belt driven (since the engine isn't always running). That gives more engineering freedom, but it doesn't reduce any parts. In fact, every belt-driven system now needs it's own electric motor, including power.
- adgjlsfhk1 3y ago> You still need every single component of an ICE vehicle. no you don't. you can skip the transmission and all the variable valve complications that modern ICEs have. Since you have a powerful electric engine, you no longer need the ICE to have good response or a flat torque curve since you can use electric power to fill in the gaps.
- sgerenser 3y agoNo that’s wrong. Toyota’s “Hybrid Synergy Drive” is greatly simplified on the ICE side. No traditional transmission, no alternator, no starter motor, and a not particularly complex Atkinson Cycle engine. Sure it adds one or more electric motors, but the overall complexity is not particularly high.
- SkyPuncher 3y ago> No traditional transmission, no alternator, no starter motor, It still has all of this, it's just combined into a single unit. Complexity is still there, packaging is just different. Fundamentally, an ICE with a direct connection to the tires must have a transmission.