David wrote:
> I've been reading all the debate on transmissions with some interest, > but let me throw another fly in the puch bowl...if you do need the > variable ratios (which is another debate I will not venture into), why > not do it like the prius does? > > You would need a primary drive motor, an output shaft, and a smaller > "ratio motor" interconnected through a differential. The second motor in the Prius only functions as a starter/generator and controller of the ICE speed, so it could easily be deleted from a pure electric drive. Vince
