Author Question: If a planetary gear set is driven by its sun gear what happens when its ring gear is held? a. the ... (Read 285 times)

Lobcity · **on:** Jun 23, 2018

If a planetary gear set is driven by its sun gear what happens when its ring gear is held?

a. the planetary is locked up
b. power goes out through the planet carrier
c. direct drive
d. nothing since there needs to be one more component held

Question 2

During braking on a hybrid electric vehicle equipped with a regenerative braking system, what occurs when the driver depresses the brake pedal?

A) The motors become generators
B) The friction brakes are only used as a backup and not used during normal braking
C) The driver needs to apply a braking lever instead of depressing the brake pedal to energize the regenerative braking system
D) The batteries are charged to 100 percent SOC