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Originally Posted by 04_Sentra
If the battery pack SOC on both vehicles was the same pre/post test then I suppose that its a fair comparison, but I don't know if that's a requirement for fuel economy testing.
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It's a requirement AFAIK. Obviously 30% SOC for the Volt is way more than 30% SOC for a normal hybrid, so they don't use an arbitrary point, but they do start where both vehicles will run exclusively in charge sustaining mode IIRC.