Is it the combo of electric and gas that does that?
I guess my thinking is wrong on hybrid cars because I thought that they always just switch between the two...one or the other.
I am an auto tech, just not much at all of hybrid.
It seems like a high performance car would just more logically be built around one or the other form of prime mover.
Is it the combo of electric and gas that does that?
The Ferrari SF90 Stradale has a 3.9-liter V8 engine and three electric motors that, together, can produce as much as 986 horsepower.https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/29/success/ferrari-hybrid/index.html
And if you think of the energy wasted in braking, just making the rotors hot, instead charging a battery to give more power to the drive wheels as needed.
... I thought that they always just switch between the two...one or the other.
Many ways to skin that cat! Some are so clever and simple they are simply elegant!
If you enjoy gears, and things try this video:
Weber State University (WSU) - Automotive Technology Department - Transmission Lab. How an eCVT Works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmHpSyTsfm0
The first time I watched it, my brain hurt!
But for a gearhead this like catnip.
It is 15 minutes long and well worth the time.
I hope you enjoy it.
I guess the beauty of hybrid cars, is that it can be used for either efficiency or, performance, separately or simultaneously. Also, handling, such as toque vectoring, braking,etc. Hybrids are kind of a win-win situation.