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Old 01-24-2013, 11:59 AM   #10 (permalink)
niky
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What I'm wondering is how realistic those figures are, and what the state of... errh... "charge" is at the start of the NEDC and at the end of it.

The NEDC has become notorious in recent years because of the ultra-short drive cycles and the issue of letting hybrids start with a full battery, and no accounting is made of where that power came from. In this case, the EPA (flawed as it is) is superior, since "battery-only" running is tested separately.
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