"Steve Firth" wrote in message
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Doctor Drivel wrote:

No CVT, the car has no CVT. NO gearbox.

The Prius has an automatic
gearbox with planetary gears
which acts as a CVT.

WRONG!! No gearbox or CVT.

The planetary cluster is called a power splitter. It makes the petrol and
electric motors act as one electric motor when delivering power/torque to
the drives wheels.

An electric motor does not require a gearbox as it delivers max torque at
start up.

Now you know.