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  • Unfortunately „most people“ in this case includes you, but not me. But we can change that 😉

    The major differences between the Prius HEV and PHEV are that the battery has a larger capacity and that it can be charged externally.

    The transmission works exactly the same and on both models the gas engine can be used to provide traction to the wheels without converting everything to electrical energy first.

    It also has (at least) two electric motors - again, both HEV and PHEV.

    Look up Hybrid Synergy Drive on Wikipedia. There are also some good explanations on YouTube. It’s at the same time a quite simple, yet very smart design. I find it fascinating what the Toyota engineers have come up with.