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No 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
by sgerenser 3y ago
No 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.