Glossary / General

hybrid powertrain

64 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

It’s a system where the car uses both gasoline and electric power to go faster and use less fuel.

Technical Definition

A hybrid powertrain combines an internal combustion engine with one or more electric motors to improve performance, efficiency, and reduce emissions.

Hear It Discussed

"However, when the gas motor blows in the hybrid, and it does, with the same frequency [1448.7s] as the gas powered cars, the hybrid powertrain is sufficient to drive you to a safe place."
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"this but also presumably we're going to see this technology on other cars I think integrating it [3474.5s] with a hybrid powertrain is exceptionally difficult but there are rumors aren't there of a..."
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"It's a new hybrid powertrain consisting of two electrically assisted turbos huffing in to the three point six liter flat six electric motor with eight speed dual clutch transaxle,"
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