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Old 11-03-2010, 11:59 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
The speed you can drive ultimately is determined by the roads you are driving on, the conditions (weather, etc.), traffic, etc., and if you are required to go slow at the beginning, and at the end of the drive, then a parallel hybrid won't help you go slow once the battery is depleted....
Again, a smart driver can compensate for this quite adequately, especially if given some gears to choose from, by managing the different energy stores.

Say I am going on my 300 mile trip, I putter around on battery till I get to the hiway, then I stop using the battery excepting for keeping the lights on, and leave myself sufficient reserves to get to my destination charging station when I get off the hiway again. What I am assuming is that the driver has complete control over when to use electricity or gas or both and can make the appropriate decisions based on knowledge the car does not have.
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