Hybrid vehicle drivetrain
Hybrid vehicle drivetrains transmit power to the driving wheels for hybrid vehicles. A hybrid vehicle has multiple forms of motive power.
The Chevrolet Volt operates primarily as a series hybrid.
Power-splitter series-hybrid Toyota Prius
Early Hybrid Synergy Drive. Generation 1/Generation 2 (chained) ICE-MG1-MG2 Power Split Device HSD is shown. MG2 ratio permanently set at 1:1.
Late Hybrid Synergy Drive. Generation 3 (chainless) ICE-MG1 Power Split Device/MG2 Motor Speed Reduction Device HSD is shown. MG2 ratio permanently set at 2.5:1.
A hybrid vehicle is one that uses two or more distinct types of power, such as submarines that use diesel when surfaced and batteries when submerged. Other means to store energy include pressurized fluid in hydraulic hybrids.
World's first mass-produced hybrid vehicle Toyota Prius NHW10 (1997–2000)
Bus rapid transit of Metz, a diesel-electric hybrid driving system by Van Hool
East Japan Railway Company HB-E300 series
Cadillac Escalade hybrid version