Experimental Transmission Aims To Tackle The Biggest Problems With Hybrids

Add us on Google Mon, July 13, 2026 at 5:45 PM UTC Unbranded MPV traveling along desert highway during sunset, front-left 3/4 view - Faraday Future Plug-in hybrid vehicles, better known as PHEVs , are rather infamous for two things: mechanical and reliability issues, and how much they cost. These are expensive and complicated cars to produce because of what they are — think about it. You're buying a car with effectively two propulsion systems on board, those being a typical internal combustion engine and an electric motor. The engine needs its own fuel system, transmission, mechanical linkages to the driveline, and so on. Meanwhile, the EV portion needs a battery and all its own hardware. Then you need all the sensors and technology to get the two to cooperate. In short, it's a bit of a nightmare to fit into a car.