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Originally Posted by finman
The current IMA is not set up to do EV mode...but a future system similar to HSD would enable EV mode.
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I doubt Honda would ever adopt a powesplit device (PSD) - purely because it would be an admission of technical inferiority to Toyota. In terms of patents too, while the PSD itselft is not the problem (it was invented decades ago, and not by Toyota) there would be an issue in that Toyota owns the IP relating to its integration with two electric motors. Ford realised this setup was best for them, so just coughed up the royalties - but Honda would rather eat dirt than do that!
So I think the next step for Honda is not IMA or HSD, but whatever the next generation is after both of these.
