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Old 02-20-2011, 01:03 AM   #80 (permalink)
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I don't know what you two are going on about.

A non hybrid can do just as well if not better than a hybrid when driven in such a way that energy potentially recouped from regen braking is minimal.

How does that figure in to changing mfgs minds?

For starters, we could say that the performance magazines and the hp wars are not what we're about, and slow acceleration is plenty good enough. Then we don't need to pack on a second drivetrain to get the whole mess going down the road.
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