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Originally Posted by alabbasi
I'm not sure if this is accurate. I know a guy who had the opportunity to buy an 04 Civic hybrid with a dead battery. He indicated that without the battery, the car was dead.
I suspect that the electric motor drives the wheels and the gas engine assists and charges the batteries.
Had he bought it, we joked about putting one of those huge baked bean can mufflers on so that when the engine did kick in, you'll have an almighty racket  |
Nope, not on a Honda. The IMA is a pancake electric motor attached to the engine and providing power through the same conventional drivetrain. It provides acceleration assistance only. If the car is moving, the gas engine is running. A Honda hybrid cannot move under electric power only (at least one of the vintage under discussion).
What you describe is more like the powertrain on the Chevy Volt.