2k1Toaster
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asimba2 said:2k1Toaster said:While in your case, disliking that driver of that car is reasonable. Disliking an entire brand because of one person, seems unreasonable. But you are free to hate whom you wish.
I do not dislike the car, it's better than a pure ICE. I'm just posing the question, "is a PiP an electric vehicle." I think no.
Ok well in that case, I would argue it is. It just has limitations.
MG2 is what actually drives the wheels. The engine is never "clutched" to the wheels like a volt. When the engine has to spin, all it does is counter-rotate and charge up the battery with MG1 while MG2 sucks down that juice and propels the car forwards. At any speed including 80mph the Prius can be electric only. The gas engine spins but without fuel. The time it can do that is short lived by battery charge and wind resistance, terrain, etc all change how from from "very limited" to "barely anything", but it is possible.
The 62mph speed limit imposed on EV driving in the PiP is just because above that, MG1 spins too fast to counter the engine not spinning and keep MG2 spinning fast enough for 63mph. So it needs to start spinning the engine (even at 1400rpm without gas) to go faster. But if you are going to start spinning the engine it should be lubricated, so it starts up and warms itself up and freshens itself up. Pretty simple system. Around town, I have no need for going over 62mph in electric. My gas guzzling non-PiP Prius can never achieve 60+ mph on surface streets here except in the middle of the night when it is just you, the empty roads, and lurking cops waiting to pull you over on 45mph roads.