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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
...bet Mazda is taking the "cautious" approach and only using 25V because it's essentially a multiple of the common 12VDC lead-acid battery already available...super simplistic, but VERY co$t-effective, and CHEAP.
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I don't think that's what's going on, because that article says the alternator is "variable voltage", aka there's probably a special charging mode at 25V, and otherwise it's pumping out regular 12V. I'm guessing it relies on the voltage converter to utilize the energy stored in the capacitor bank.