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Originally Posted by geomartin
The rules look good to me for the straight fueled vehicles. The rules for the Hybrids and Electrics are vague. To keep everything fair all the energy should be counted, this would keep any of battery powered or assisted vehicles from an unfair advantage of not showing the energy used to recharge. In simpler terms some vehicles ran over half of the competition on batteries alone then used fuel for the remainder of the competition. What do you guys think?
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The rules as I proposed would group EPA-rated gasoline hybrids along with EPA-rated conventional gasoline cars, as long as they don't have plug in capability. Their energy ultimately comes from the fuel in the tank, so you just measure mpg.
I proposed
Class 7 for cars that are plug in capable. Details below. I didn't work out the scoring formula details but I do think I went a major step beyond what was done at the 2011 GGP. I didn't see anything about electric power consumption there, and the Volt ran away with the Class 5 award, which also included Gen 1 Insights. The Volt ran the shorter 17-lap run, and reportedly didn't need to run the engine until the last very few laps.
7) Plug-In Capable: Vehicles, EPA rated or not, with Plug-In capability. Includes both modified and not modified vehicles.
Cars in Plug-In class must provide measurement of fuel consumed as well as electrical consumption. Score will be based on both components. Scoring Formula for Plug In class to be determined and announced prior to the availability of the GGP registration form.