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Originally Posted by GreenHornet
Every car that has an alternator in a sense is a hybrid albeit to weak of a hybrid to exhibit any of the strengths we have come accustomed to in todays world such as start stop, regenerative braking, or power assist abilities.
Everything is moving to electric hybridization with the ICE as support only. Take for instance Power steering, What about electric water pumps, or even electric AC, or even electric super chargers :-) anything that can run off the engine can run more efficiently off an electric motor and this is why you now see the shift from the car manufacturers.
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About half of all non-HEV's already offer stop-start and regenerative braking.
Running everything off the battery is only efficient for accessories that have a low duty cycle. Burning petrol to charge a battery is very inefficient and as you switch more accessories to electric recovering enough energy under regen becomes problematic.