Question!
With the gen. 1 Insight, I have the option of completely disabling ALL the hybrid functions (no electric assist, no regenerative braking, auto idle stop, auto-restart etc.) by throwing a breaker swich in the high voltage battery pack.
To date, nearly all of the distance I've covered with this car has been with the hybrid system disabled in this manner (as a result of a degraded battery pack).
Question: if I compete with the hybrid features disabled, is the car still considered a hybrid for scoring/class purposes? Or would it be competing in the non-hybrid class?
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