How do hybrids work?

[mohammad]

I drove around in the corolla hybrid the other day, Seeing the tachometer go to zero on the highway was an interesting experience.

Car and driver says the corolla hybrid has a 71hp electric motor: https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews...y-the-numbers/

When i go on eBay and look up 71hp ac electric motor they are absolutely massive: https://www.ebay.com/itm/184325192970 are electric car motors rated differently than normal motors? Is it like a peak load vs continuous duty thing? The electric motor in the corolla can be seen on a youtube teardown video of the transmission it looks tiny.

[R01k]

I thought that hybrids started the engine at highway speeds and switched to electric only around 45 mph or below.

[allrock]

i dont know with toyota but their hybrids still uses CVT transmission, the outlander is a plug-in hybrid, they just utilized a bunch of clutch packs to send power to the wheels.

[Dirk Diggler]

i dont know with toyota but their hybrids still uses CVT transmission, the outlander is a plug-in hybrid, they just utilized a bunch of clutch packs to send power to the wheels.

It's the eCVT and it's very different from an ICE CVT like the CVT7.

[skyblue]

i think these things will be a disaster when they start being sold for reasonable money second hand

[Basic]

i think these things will be a disaster when they start being sold for reasonable money second hand

Nah. I'm not the biggest hybrid fan (typically because of no manual trans) but I do tire testing with a taxi fleet in Orlando, and the Camry Hybrid has been the taxi of choice for years now. It unseated the Crown Vic as taxi king.... that's saying something...

[mohammad]

you guys said alot of words. I just want to know how toyota can offer a 71hp electric motor that is like 10x smaller than similar ones i can buy on eBay?

[Fummins]

What exactly do you want? Your original post asks how hybrids work. Now you want to know how mfg's are able to produce such a small efficient motor? Try google then read words.

[Space Wolf]

I don't see 71hp specified in the article you linked to. It specifies 121hp/105 lb-ft for ICE and electric together. Anyway, as far as I know the big thing in electric motors is not max power, but max torque. That motor you linked to does 100hp at 1775rmp. That is 410Nm, which is 302 lb-ft, which is almost 3 times the torque of both Corolla engines together.

[Fummins]

I just scrolled down to the comment section in that 3 year old article where all the genius' are claiming the lack of power and speed is a safety issue.