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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
With or without the batteries, it is still using two different motors in combination to move the car. Combination = hybrid.
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Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong... How many times do we have to explain this? There are two motors - an IC engine and a hydraulic motor - in any car with an automatic transmission. Two (or more) motors are not what makes a hybrid, otherwise twin-engine airplanes and locomotives & ships with more than one engine would be hybrids.
Maybe try a different way: draw a path of the power flow. If it's a single straight line from engine to wheels, even if it goes through a bunch of electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical transmissions, it's NOT A HYBRID.
As a matter of fact, this is exactly what your Wikipedia quote is saying:
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...which combines a conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) propulsion system with an electric propulsion system.
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The key here is "propulsion system" (or powertrain). The diesel-electric locomotive, or the AT car, has only one SYSTEM, of which the electric or hydraulic transmission is a part.