I'm currious about this photo and maybe someone could shead some light on it.
What I'm wondering about the electric motor (No. 1 in photo) between the engine and the torque converter. Does that thing generate electricity for the batteries and then turn around and convert to power the transmission in hybrid mode?
I was thinking about the process - is this correct:
- When you start off the gas engine powers the car and charges the system via No. 1.
- Once the car is rolling and the batteries are charged, then No. 1 become a electric motor to power the transmission using battery power?
Those electrodes (red box on 1st photo) coming off the motor as massive. I figure they must be transferring and/or receiving huge amounts of power at low voltage. In the 2nd photo, notice how big the orange cables are going back to the batteries.
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