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Originally Posted by dcb
can we at least agree that in the case where you have to go a long flat distance at a fairly constant speed that the lone gasser could be sized/geared/tuned to outperform an equivelant series hybrid? Even without much "technique"? Let's leave plugin out of the equation or at least account for the energy coming from the battery.
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Oh, I definitely agree there. Throw enough technology (lean burn, atkinson, EGR, cylinder deactivation) into the gasser/diesel and you definitely can beat the conversion losses of a serial hybrid.