On 30/01/2012 03:38, Doctor Drivel wrote:

"John Rumm" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 28/01/2012 12:24, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In ,
Doctor wrote:
Knob, again..."The Yo-Mobile is driven 100% by electric motors. The
speed of the engine doesn't have to fully correlate with the driving
wheels."

So that 40 bhp is somehow increased?

Knob, again..."The Yo-Mobile is driven 100% by electric motors. The
speed of the engine doesn't have to fully correlate with the driving
wheels."

So just the same as many automatic gearboxes? Like a CVT?

Oh go on, get him prattling about the Prius' CVT and how it hasn't got
one even though the gearing between engine and wheel speed is not
fixed and continuously variable ;-)

The Prius has no "in-line" CVT. IT is parallel between electric motor
and the engine. If you can't figure this out then just accept it - it is
easier that way fro for.

Ah bless, you hardly even need bait.


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Cheers,

John.

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