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Was the gas engine like a trickle charge?
It’s been a couple months but if I remember right the gas engine worked alongside the battery, it wasn’t possible to direct drive the car with the gas engine. Yes, it could charge the battery.
Every hybrid made today has the engine direct drive the wheels when it's most efficient to do so. Serial hybrids died because they weren't as efficient.
Basically! The gasoline engine could provide some of the needed energy while driving to reduce battery drain but not enough to keep up with the motors' energy consumption. It still needs to be plugged in to charge and can be driven in pure electric mode for short distances