# Hybrid starters

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/hybrid-starters/15782>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 24, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hybrid-starters/15782 "2008-06-24T17:06:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![\_Deleted\_User111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/a9adbd/32.png) [@\_Deleted\_User111](https://community.cartalk.com/u/_Deleted_User111)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hybrid-starters/15782/1 "2008-06-24T17:06:29Z")

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I haven’t taken a hybrid apart and am curious as to how they start. I don’t hear a starter motor, they just suddenly are running. Magic or a well insulated starter?

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**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hybrid-starters/15782/2 "2008-06-24T18:01:50Z")

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I believe the electric drive motor/generator also acts as the starter for the gasoline motor.