I believe the Prius is definitely more complex than a typical ICE car. It has many, many other systems to support the hybrid drive in addition to the power spli

I believe the Prius is definitely more complex than a typical ICE car. It has many, many other systems to support the hybrid drive in addition to the power split device, including many that are genuine innovations too. It's a testament to how good that team's engineering is that the Prius is generally considered reliable (unlike the piece of crap that the Toyota ETCS ECU was until the recent crackdown - http://betterembsw.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-case-study-of-toyota-unintended.html http://betterembsw.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-case-study-of-toyo...).