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Originally Posted by oldtamiyaphile
I P&G/ EOC at BSFC close to 90% of the time so I guess the ICE wins. The question was whether a hybrid does anything that an optimised ICE can't and the answer is really, not much.
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Do you think you could do that - operate regularly any where near 90% BSFC - in a 500+ BHP Corvette (say)? Disregarding any value judgement about the need for that power, the further the peak power requirement is from the average the better the hybrid looks.
Xist asked about optimising a hybrid for highway use. Ignoring any acceleration to get up to speed, the optimum "hybrid" for that circumstance is probably no hybrid at all, with the average power being fairly constant the ICE could be right sized to suit.