[Ecky]

Originally Posted by raubvogel

211 + 167 - 68 = 310 which is greater than the 272PS mentioned in https://blog.lexus.co.uk/history-lexus-hybrid-drive/. Where are the 41 horses?

Ecky, regarding the Insight, I thought its electric motor (I have one in my office and weighted in our mail scale at 43.5lb)delivered 13HP (10KW), 79Nm (58ft-lb) @ 1000rpm (https://afdc.energy.gov/files/pdfs/i...snapshot.pdf)i, but that is probably related to the earlier models. Also, I thought (https://www.insightcentral.net/KB/co...owertrain.html) there was no way to run the electric motor without the gas engine also running. Is the new model completely different than the old one? I ask because in your diagram of how the power distribution on your Insight only the electric motor is connected to the power wheels.

You're correct in that the new one uses an entirely different architecture.