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Thanks ThudnBlundr, that's some great info. It's kind of what I assumed how the system worked but great to hear it from someone with experience.I did assume the best use of the ICE is to mechanically drive the wheels as to generate electricity to drive the motors is simply additional power conversion losses in to the system.But yes I'd assume there is some fantastic calculation that shows there's an optimal load for the ICE to have and the throttle is adjusted and load from the generator in order to charge the battery to make use of the spare capacity. I'd imagine that is standard "hybrid or D" mode as why wouldn't you?So here's a question I saw a video of someone testing 0-60 and it was noisy with the ICE running flat out at max revs. I imagine terribly inefficient but is there a point on the throttle that enables this mode? I've heard of an equivalent to a "kickdown" switch on the throttle pedal that would automatically do this?Or is it simply battery SOC related? Example: If the driver requested full power for acceleration out of a junction up to say 40mph (I say this specifically so the engine has no option to drive the wheels) and the engine hasn't been used (cold) with a 50%+ battery what would happen? Is the PHEV EV all the time at low speeds with good SOC or does the ICE "top up" the power when full power is requested?
Thanks ThudnBlundr, that's some great info. It's kind of what I assumed how the system worked but great to hear it from someone with experience.
I did assume the best use of the ICE is to mechanically drive the wheels as to generate electricity to drive the motors is simply additional power conversion losses in to the system.
But yes I'd assume there is some fantastic calculation that shows there's an optimal load for the ICE to have and the throttle is adjusted and load from the generator in order to charge the battery to make use of the spare capacity. I'd imagine that is standard "hybrid or D" mode as why wouldn't you?
So here's a question I saw a video of someone testing 0-60 and it was noisy with the ICE running flat out at max revs. I imagine terribly inefficient but is there a point on the throttle that enables this mode? I've heard of an equivalent to a "kickdown" switch on the throttle pedal that would automatically do this?
Or is it simply battery SOC related? Example: If the driver requested full power for acceleration out of a junction up to say 40mph (I say this specifically so the engine has no option to drive the wheels) and the engine hasn't been used (cold) with a 50%+ battery what would happen? Is the PHEV EV all the time at low speeds with good SOC or does the ICE "top up" the power when full power is requested?
