The setup at the front is mirrored in back; each rear wheel is powered by a 98kW motor that drives through
a planetary drive set, although the standard rear double wishbone has been retained without modification.
Each of the front wheels is driven via
a planetary drive set that acts like a torque - vectoring device, providing drive to the wheel possessing the most traction.
Not exact matches
Audi Q5 Audi's Quattro all - wheel
drive is based on a torque - sensing center differential, with the bias controlled by two
sets of
planetary gears and several friction discs.
The electric element of the Polestar 1's hybrid powertrain consists of two electric motors that
drive the rear axle through a
planetary gear
set.
But instead of a single giant lump of metal powering the Polestar 1, the performance coupe uses a Volvo
Drive - E four - cylinder engine to drive the front wheels, and a pair of electric motors combined through a planetary gear set to drive the rear wh
Drive - E four - cylinder engine to
drive the front wheels, and a pair of electric motors combined through a planetary gear set to drive the rear wh
drive the front wheels, and a pair of electric motors combined through a
planetary gear
set to
drive the rear wh
drive the rear wheels.
Planetary gear
set can vary the distribution of power between the gasoline engine and the electric
drive system or both, depending on
driving conditions
Lexus explains: «The new system is based on the electronically controlled
planetary continuously variable transmission of Lexus Hybrid Synergy
Drive coupled to an all - new four - speed automatic gear
set at the output stage.
The center distance and vertical drop between the engine and output axes were designed to be common; this design approach enables the use of a common chain transfer design and final
drive gearing, which provided a wide range of final
drive sprocket and
planetary gear
sets allowing an effective final
drive ranging from 2.64 to 3.50.
An all - new 111 - kW electric
drive unit uses two electric motors working with
planetary gear
sets to mix - n - match power delivery depending on need.
As a result, components that would normally contribute to the greatest parasitic loss — driveshaft, ring / pinion, input clutch plates, servo - hydraulic pump assembly and
planetary gear
sets — are all stationary when the vehicle is in front - wheel
drive.
The system also includes a
set of speed - multiplication
planetary gears for each
drive shaft.
That power flows through a
planetary gear
set CVT with six «speeds» in sport mode, and on to a second electric motor that
drives the rear wheels when needed.
The point you are trying to make is so vital, so incredibly significant, that I would hope others could be encouraged to
set their subjective discomforts aside, to put their ignorance and / or denial of reality aside, and acknowledge the ominously looming, human -
driven predicament before humanity, the one apparently induced by the huge scale and skyrocketing growth rate of global human over consumption, overproduction and overpopulation activities now overspreading the surface of the wondrous
planetary home upon which God has blessed us to live so well.
If per human overconsumption of scarce resources; unbridled economic globalization overspreading the surface of our
planetary home; and the skyrocketing increase of absolute global human population numbers could be occurring synergistically in our time and could have something to do with the distinctly human -
driven predicament which looms ominously before humanity, does it make sense to consider, just for a moment, what might to done to
set limits on these overgrown human activities?