2026-05-06 15:36 UTC
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@ThaMunsta@mastodon.nervesocket.com 2026-05-06 21:10
@TechConnectify@mas.to as someone who just went full electric and and loves it but was harassed to go hybrid because range or something stupid... I think I'll find this very interesting. 😊
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@radicalrobit@laserdisc.party 2026-05-06 15:51
@TechConnectify It's fun when I get to tell people my Accord hybrid has no transmission.
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@tom@f.cz 2026-05-06 15:54
@TechConnectify 55 minutes of something i still don't understand (and definitely would never buy, unlike pure electric)? Must see!
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@82mhz@mastodon.bsd.cafe 2026-05-06 16:04
@TechConnectify I shall watch this 👀
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@pseyfert@chaos.social 2026-05-06 16:21
@TechConnectify "I needed to floor it to get around that truck" Sounds to me like something that indicators could* have communicated to the driver in the other lane during the time the lights were red?!? * Not saying you didn't have the indicators on - you're not driving a BMW - but I find it so frustrating when people who find themselves in the wrong lane and don't indicate to the people behind them "hey, please let me pull over into your lane" during red and pull over just as you accelerate
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@makesubarugayagain@weird.autos 2026-05-06 16:25
@TechConnectify one of the only good things ford has done is used toyotas tech in their phev escape
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@dave@alvarado.social 2026-05-06 16:26
@TechConnectify clickbait title is a hard pass.
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@faoluin@chitter.xyz 2026-05-06 16:35
@TechConnectify Toyota isn't perfect but I'm glad I picked a hybrid from them after my last vehicle died.
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@pseyfert@chaos.social 2026-05-06 16:37
@TechConnectify pointless aside: on the way to the in-laws we cross a "pass" (700m above sea level going down to sea level), and braking on the way down generates more energy than fits in the hybrid's battery. So, – I am that kind of nerd – I plug the phones into the car at the top to charge them and not let the energy go to waste. We still arrive at the bottom with a full car battery and 10% more charge in the phones (I believe limited by the power output of the car's USB-C receptacle)
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@timmy@goblin.camp 2026-05-06 16:38
@TechConnectify i am glad you pointed out that getting the plug in option probably would cost me fuel economy. It’s really easy to kick myself for buying the base prius instead of the base plug in for another $5000 or so, but negotiating getting a plug at my apartment might have just not even been worth it for my regular habits.
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@schmaker@schmaker.eu 2026-05-06 16:47
@TechConnectify Are you mirrored to some #PeerTube instance as well? Would be nice to federate this content to ours
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@troldann@techhub.social 2026-05-06 17:23
@TechConnectify as a driver of a 2007 Prius…this clarified several things for me about how the vehicle makes the choices it makes, thank you!
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@landelare@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-05-06 17:29
@TechConnectify The captions at the end didn't have the thing! 😱
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@qlp@linh.social 2026-05-06 17:34
@TechConnectify Also, +1000 on the Connextras video re minivans (and expand on that with wagons). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEruzTKteRE
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@electropict@mastodon.scot 2026-05-06 17:44
@TechConnectify Location issues are weird, eh? "...a shockingly consistent 34 miles per gallon..." from a 2021 hybrid? And that's 50% more range than its predecessor...? But ... it's worse than most plain ICEs since about 1990, equal to my 1987 Citroen, long gone, worse than my current crappy old (2005) Renault (c.45mpg in Summer, maybe 42 in Winter, until you do long journeys when it can get up to 59 with a tailwind).
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@sbrudenell@mastodon.social 2026-05-06 18:33
@TechConnectify I would love to know how you figure this stuff out. If I just type "what are the trade-offs of a hybrid engine?" into Google, I could never arrive at the picture you present. (I don't think I could have, even before the current infestation of AI slop results. I just don't know how to get started on answering a deep question in a domain I'm not familiar with). From your other videos I know you're good at reading patents to figure out how stuff works, but this goes beyond that.
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@Malfunct@kind.social 2026-05-06 18:39
@TechConnectify when you said "I made this" and the thumbnail had a big arrow pointing to part of the car my first thought was that you do make interesting props for your videos and this isn't beyond my understanding of your capabilities it certainly seems to be the most complex piece you will have built. Then I realize you meant that you made the video.
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@taffypeppers@mastodon.social 2026-05-06 18:51
@TechConnectify Loved the extras video advocating for minivans! I LOVED the vans I've owned for all the reasons you mentioned. They can often haul FULL SHEETS of plywood easily!
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@hisold@toot.io 2026-05-06 19:02
@TechConnectify I thought the point of hybrid cars is to steal government subsidies which were meant for actual EVs by making a fossil fuel powered car cosplay as a EV.
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@cosvak@mastodon.world 2026-05-06 20:20
@TechConnectify watching A-Team atm, def watching this after Hannibal's plan comes together.
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@GeePawHill@mastodon.social 2026-05-06 20:45
@TechConnectify This is a terrific video explaining for me all sorts of things I didn't even know I didn't know! Excellent work!
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@KeithWM@mastodon.social 2026-05-06 21:04
@TechConnectify Many thanks! I've really learned something, and I'm only half-way through. Glad to know that hybrid cars aren't as bad as I thought. (But I still don't like driving them.)
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@steelman@mstdn.io 2026-05-06 21:21
@TechConnectify Great job! special thanks for explainig the issues of the series hybrid systems in cars. Thanks.
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@Luna@mastodon.world 2026-05-06 22:41
@TechConnectify Having owned a plug in hybrid Volt I'd say they're great.
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@jakobpunkt@mastodon.social 2026-05-06 22:58
@TechConnectify and you did a very good job
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@TheConstructor@social.tchncs.de 2026-05-06 23:50
@TechConnectify great video! May I ask what device you used to grab and plot the measurements?
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@kolAflash@norden.social 2026-05-07 00:11
@TechConnectify I would indeed recommend PHEVs (plug-in hybrids) mostly to people having a charging opportunity at home or at work. Else you run on fuel anyway with the small batteries most PHEVs have.
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@mikalai@privacysafe.social 2026-05-07 02:02
@TechConnectify ... because your future self is worth treating, too. Love it.
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@bhtooefr@snack.social 2026-05-07 02:18
@TechConnectify oh man, I have some thoughts on this. prepare for a long-ass subthread. I adore the brutal simplicity of power split devices, told myself that as soon as Toyota made a hatchback that was interesting to drive and had one, I’d buy one… and then like ten years later they did (they benchmarked the Mk7 Golf’s handling for the Gen 4 Prius), so I did. and mine ended up being the first month of production, at that. so, the huge Achilles heel of an input-split power split device is that MG1’s rev limit affects the transmission’s operating range, both at low to moderate vehicle speeds with the engine running, and at high vehicle speeds with the engine off. in the former case, MG1 has to spin forward for the engine RPM to increase. MG1 will reach its rev limit before the engine reaches its horsepower peak RPM, unless the vehicle is going at quite high speeds - in my Gen 4 Prius, I calculated this as being anything under 88 MPH. this leaves a lot of performance on the table, especially at low speeds - at a stop, the engine’s well under 3000 RPM maximum due to this. in the latter case, MG1 has to spin backwards for the engine to remain at 0 RPM when the vehicle is moving. this is honestly a lot less of an issue, especially in a non-PHEV, for a few reasons - the situations where zero engine power is called for while going at high speeds are a lot rarer, higher MG1 RPM in newer models (especially with the 2016+ systems) shifts it up to a higher vehicle speed (purely based on MG1 rev limit, my Prius could hypothetically go 95 MPH with the engine off), and there’s other reasons why the engine may need to be spinning anyway (non-PHEV versions of Hybrid Synergy Drive drive the oil pump off the planet carrier, and therefore the engine must be spinning for the transmission to receive proper lubrication and cooling). as I understand, the former case is a significant reason why Nissan e-Power and Honda i-MMD are serial (or serial+parallel) systems - with the ICE disconnected from the wheels, the MG1 power rating is the only limiting factor on ICE power output at low speeds, and much better low-speed acceleration is possible. (Toyota’s solution for this in some premium models was initially the Multi-Stage Hybrid system, that just put a 4-speed planetary transmission behind the power split device, and in newer models where they’re concerned about this, has been to ditch the power split device entirely for a purely parallel hybrid configuration using a 6, 8, or 10-speed planetary automatic with a MGU in place of the torque converter.)
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@VANTABlack2000@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-05-07 02:27
@TechConnectify Great video. I have been trying to do some research on good cars to get while wanting to transition away from gas. I don't know if there are good cheap EVs, so it's good to know more on how Hybrid Cars work. I still don't know what company is best to buy from if I want to avoid companies adding subscriptions to things, but I do still appreciate the knowledge on hybrids and will consider getting one if I can't find a good EV especially since I can't currently set up home charging
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@krono@toot.berlin 2026-05-07 05:08
@TechConnectify \ o /
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@pthane@toot.wales 2026-05-07 07:26
@TechConnectify The point of hybrid cars is to provide car makers and oil companies with a means to keep on making fossil-fuel powered vehicles and providing the fuel for them. And politicians who haven't got the balls to stand up against the petrolhead lobby are content to let them.
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@vladfedchenko@mastodon.social 2026-05-07 08:49
@TechConnectify This year I bought a new 2025 Opel Corsa Hybrid, with eDTC transmission. Looks to be quite an interesting technology as well.
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@f4grx@chaos.social 2026-05-07 10:44
@TechConnectify it was an interesting video, thanks. Taught me a few things about toyota hybrids and I wonder if all hybrid manufacturers use the same techniques.
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@graemewinter@mas.to 2026-05-08 23:15
@TechConnectify@mas.to excellent and instructive thank you How can something so smart be so simple? But explains why the rental Camry’s I’ve had are so good