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Originally posted by Ianworld
A friend of mine directed me towards the Toyota prius (and i suppose other hybrid cars.) They have two inputs at varying speeds and combine them to produce one output. ...
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I was under the impression that they used one or the other - not both. When it needed heavy acceleration it used the gas engine - but when it was coasting or anything like that - it gave the power from the engine to the generators so the gens. can charge the battery while the electric motor was being used...
But if they do use both at once - they can use a viscous coupling, and I'm sure that can help in its moments...