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This paper presents a small urban plug-in hybrid electric vehicle whose propulsion architecture includes a conventional internal combustion engine connected with a continuously variable transmission in the front wheels and two in-wheel electric machines in the rear wheels. Various operation modes, including zero emission vehicle mode, boost mode, and regenerative braking mode, are possible with this...