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Old 06-15-2009, 07:36 PM   #63 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dcb View Post
I'm not sure you understand how the prius or series works then( or I don't).
The current gen Prius recharges its battery by the ICE, it can't possibly be as efficient/FE as a series hybrid such as the Volt that will only use the genset for extended range.
Te rest of my comments apply if they are both plugins, even if you had the same size battery pack in both the parrallel will still have a larger ice, transmision to suit the ice and a more limited layout, plus the ICE will be using its entire rpm rang thus getting variable efficiency.
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