Wayne,
I was thinking about what might be used on the IMA-II in class the other day and had an interesting thought, what if the motor is placed downside the clutch (sandwiched w/ the trans), now i realize this would only really work w/ a CVT(or require extensive driver training), but it would allow for the motor to be the sole propultion of the car at slow speeds. i guess a small motor would still have to be sandwitched w/ the engine though to allow autostop to be effective.
Cheers,
Steven
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