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Originally Posted by IamIan
Even though all the energy still goes through the same electric drive motor in either mode?
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Yes. Think about the way the power flows... And even in a Prius, the power from electric motor & IC engine join at the transmission, and is carried by the same driveshafts to the wheels.
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Even if the source of that electrical energy is just another diesel generator?
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Is your plug-in Prius still a hybrid if you live off-the-grid, and charge the batteries from a gasoline generator?
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Even if the source of that electrical energy is just another train braking?
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Whyever not? That's called efficiency - and of course it's fungible. The energy from one train braking goes into the grid, and gets split up among the myriad things the grid's running at any given instant...