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Old 05-19-2010, 12:12 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
Also, the strange thing we have learned about this car is that it has 3 parts to the battery (4kWh total? 5?) and only 1.6kWh of it can be charged by the regenerative braking. The other two parts are only charged by the plug...
Don't tell me they sourced parts from Enginer... :P

Actually, it sounds like an attempt to force people to grid charge if they want extended EV range. That makes sense. Otherwise customers may end up never plugging in and wondering why the gas mileage is worse than in a regular Prius.

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