alt Hacker NewsNo, that's just wrong: at no point is (say) a Toyota Hybrid burning gas to generate electricity to immediately turn another motor that actually moves the wheels.
No, that's just wrong: at no point is (say) a Toyota Hybrid burning gas to generate electricity to immediately turn another motor that actually moves the wheels.
What do you imagine happens if the battery is low and the car wants to start from a stop? The engine can't shift down to first so it would just stall out if you tried to use it to drive the driveshaft directly, and there's no other source of electricity to put into the motor driving the wheels.