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Old 07-13-2009, 07:46 AM   #45 (permalink)
Matt Herring
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
One small potential downside to using neutral coasting in a Toyota hybrid (not sure about others) is it disables regen if/when you use the brake pedal.
True metro...its a situational decision at the top of a hill to use neutral coast or ICE coast. If I'm running low on battery I'll keep it in ICE but if I'm at 5 or higher bars I usually go with neutral coast.

It is quite easy to keep the battery at optimum charge so rarely do I need to ICE coast unless I have been doing heavier EV use than normal. I've found that under normal operation I actually have to protect from overcharging because the regen is so efficient.

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