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Old 11-09-2005, 03:47 PM
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Default Re: Seriously Now - HCH-2 is no longer "Mild Hybrid" right?

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Originally Posted by CGameProgrammer

Furthermore -- and I admit I don't understand much of the physics of this, just the fact that it's what the car does -- even when the engine is directly driving the car, it's also recharging the battery while the electric motors use the battery to drive the car.
This is at least somewhat inaccurate. You can't have the ICE charging the batteries while both electric motors are driving the car. The ICE charges the batteries by driving at least one of the electric motors in reverse, i.e. as a generator. That motor cannot be driving the car and charging batteries at the same time. It's either consuming electricity or generating electricity.

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