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Originally Posted by tjts1
If you were building a series hybrid, you would get rid of the most inefficient part of the whole drive train: the transmission. The electric motor can run from 0-10k rpm and stay there all day. It can run backwards and forward. You don't even need a clutch or torque converter. It has more than enough torque to get the car moving through the stock reduction gear in the differential. The only reason you would need the automatic transmission if you need to transmit the mechanical power of the internal combustion engine to the wheels.
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Not all electric motors can do that, though. I do agree that they don't really need the gearing of the transmission, but then again, they're never very efficient in the extreme ranges, either.
Then a third, You can't really tell that the transmission is stock, re-geared, or otherwise.
Sure, it's probably safe to assume that you're correct in thinking that it's engine/gen/motor/trans in a line (which, by definition, is actually in series), but you still can't prove it. Kind of hawking a point that you can't back up, isn't it?